With the premise '(I have often wondered why the publishers did not have the nerve to call themselves  F**k and Wagnalls. ', is 'I wondered why the publishers didn't call themselves Fuck and Wagnalls.' a reasonable conclusion?
(I have often wondered why the publishers did not have the nerve to call themselves  F**k and Wagnalls. ###I wondered why the publishers didn't call themselves Fuck and Wagnalls.