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1823
Most people like to die once and have done with it, but the adventuress, after once or twice trying it, seems to get quite to like it, and goes on giving way to it, and then it grows upon her until she can't help herself, and it becomes a sort of craving with her. MOST PEOPLE LIKE TO DIE ONCE AND HAVE DONE WITH IT BUT THE ADVENTURESS AFTER ONCE OR TWICE DARK TRYING IT SEEMS TO GET QUITE TOO LIKE IT AND GOES ON GIVING WAY TO IT AND THEN IT GROWS UPON HER UNTIL SHE CANNOT HELP HERSELF AND IT BECOMES A SORT OF CRAVING WITH HER
d it keeps them in comfort for years. Knowing somebody's secret seems, on the stage, to be one of the most profitable and least exhausting professions going. She is fond of married life, is the adventuress, and she goes in for it pretty extensively. She has husbands all over the globe, most of them in prison, but they escape and turn up in the last act and spoil all the poor girl's plans. That is so like husbands--no consideration, no thought for their poor wives. They are not a prepossessing lot, either, those early husbands of hers. What she could have seen in them to induce her to marry them is indeed a mystery. The adventuress dresses magnificently. Where she gets the money from we never could understand, for she and her companions are always more or less complaining of being "stone broke." Dressmakers must be a trusting people where she comes from. The adventuress is like the proverbial cat as regards the number of lives she is possessed of. You never know when she is really dead. KNOW HER DREADFUL SECRET AND IT KEEPS THEM IN COMFORT FOR YEARS KNOWING SOME ONE SECRET SEEMS ON THE STAGE TO BE ONE OF THE MOST PROFITABLE AND LEAST EXHAUSTING PROFESSIONS GOING SHE IS FOND OF MARRIED LIFE IS THE ADVENTURESS AND SHE GOES IN FOR IT PRETTY EXTENSIVELY SHE HAS HUSBANDS ALL OVER THE GLOBE MOST OF THEM IN PRISON BUT THEY ESCAPE AND TURN UP IN THE LAST ACT AND SPOIL ALL THE POOR GIRL'S PLANS THAT IS SO LIKE HUSBANDS NO CONSIDERATION NO THOUGHT FOR THEIR POOR WIVES THEY ARE NOT A PREPOSSESSING LOT EITHER THOSE EARLY HUSBANDS OF HERS WHAT SHE COULD HAVE SEEN IN THEM TO INDUCE HER TO MARRY THEM IS INDEED A MYSTERY THE ADVENTURESS DRESSES MAGNIFICENTLY WHERE SHE GETS THE MONEY FROM WE NEVER COULD UNDERSTAND FOR SHE AND HER COMPANIONS ARE ALWAYS MORE OR LESS COMPLAINING OF BEING STONE BROKE DRESSMAKERS MUST BE A TRUSTING PEOPLE WHERE SHE COMES FROM THE ADVENTURESS IS LIKE THE PROVERBIAL CAT AS REGARDS THE NUMBER OF LIVES SHE IS POSSESSED OF YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN SHE IS REALLY DEAD
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