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The sub-committee will not recommend it . Thanks , Brock , old man ; you have saved London a good many millions , I daresay . It was you who did it , after all . '' Before noon the hotel was agog with the full details of the remarkable story . Cabled despatches in the newspapers gave the gist of the clever trick played by the Medcrofts , and the whole of England was to ring with the stories of Mrs. Medcroft 's pluck and devotion . Everybody was buying the papers and staring with admiration at Mrs. Medcroft . The management of the Tirol implored the Medcrofts to remain -- forever !