One of the interesting characters in this story is this young gentleman whose entire livelihood consists of going to trials and taking notes so that he can pitch novel ideas to famous novelists. I don’t know for sure, but this feels like something that people actually did in 19th century France.

(Heavy Metal Fright Special, Fall 2010 – Page 115 The Revenge of Count Skarbek: Chapter 2 by Sente and Rosinski)