The fact "reading the newspaper is for reading an obituary." is illustrated with the story:1. I heard that Arthur Weston had died.2. He was a sort of cousin of mine.3. He was quite well-known in Bogthorpe where he lived.4. So I bought the Bogthorpe Post to see if there was an obituary.5. There was - I read it all and found out he had lived a blameless life.