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CERTAIN episode in the series "Mr. Meredith Walks Out" had such an aura of unreality that the people in it seemed mere puppets, set in motion by an author completely out of touch with real life, Mr. Meredith is evidently a multi-multi-millionaite; there can be no lesser explanation of his attempting. for a bet.
to get tid of £170,000 in two without recourse to giving or. throwing . away. He _ gives thirty thousand to an insane inventor, a hundred thousand to a dud theatrical producer, and forty thousand to a woman for some fake jewels.
Ur course the invention is a success, so is the play, and the jewels turn out to be real, but these are not the improbabilities which stagger the mind. It is merely incredible that millionaires, even eccentric ones, should go about with the intention of getting rid of their money without getting something back, even if it is only the altruistic thrill of having backed a worthwhile charity. Mr. Meredith, on the contrary, gets nothing but the satisfaction of being thought a prize sucker. I. refuse to believe in the man.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 349, 1 March 1946, Page 13
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186Fabulous New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 349, 1 March 1946, Page 13
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