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English
1823
He said he thought a little music would soothe and ennoble him  make him feel more like a Christian than he did at that precise moment. We were near St. James' Hall, so we went in there. The hall was densely crowded, and we had great difficulty in forcing our way to our seats. We reached them at length, and then turned our eyes toward the orchestra. HE SAID HE THOUGHT A LITTLE MUSIC WOULD SOOTHE AND ENNOBLE HIM AND MAKE HIM FEEL MORE LIKE A CHRISTIAN THAN HE DID AT THAT PRECISE MOMENT WE WERE NEAR SAINT JAMES'S HALL SO WE WENT IN THERE THE HALL WAS DENSELY CROWDED AND WE HAD GREAT DIFFICULTY IN FORCING OUR WAY TO THE SEATS WE REACHED THEM AT LENGTH AND THEN TURNED OUR EYES TOWARDS THE ORCHESTRA
ming an opera, or pantomime, or something of that sort. Our friend said he would not venture into another theater. He said he had heard there were places called music-halls, and he begged us to take him to one of these and not to tell his wife. We inquired of a policeman and found that there really were such places, and we took him into one. The first thing we saw were two little boys doing tricks on a horizontal bar. Our friend was about to repeat his customary programme of flying and cursing, but we restrained him. We assured him that he would really see a grown-up person if he waited a bit, so he sat out the boys and also their little sister on a bicycle and waited for the next item. It turned out to be an infant phenomenon who sang and danced in fourteen different costumes, and we once more fled. Our friend said he could not go home in the state he was then; he felt sure he should kill the twins if he did. He pondered for awhile, and then he thought he would go and hear some music.  SOMEBODY OR OTHER CHILDREN'S COMPANY PERFORMING AN OPERA OR PANTOMIME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OUR FRIEND SAID HE WOULD NOT VENTURE INTO ANOTHER THEATRE HE SAID HE HAD HEARD THERE WERE PLACES CALLED MUSICALS AND HE BEGGED US TO TAKE US TO ONE OF THESE AND NOT TELL HIS WIFE WE INQUIRED OF A POLICEMAN AND FOUND THAT THERE WERE REALLY SUCH PLACES AND WE TOOK HIM TO ONE THE FIRST THING WE SAW WERE TWO LITTLE BOYS DOING TRICKS ON A HORIZONTAL BAR OUR FRIEND WAS ABOUT TO REPEAT HIS CUSTOMARY PROGRAM OF FLYING AND CURSING BUT WE RESTRAINED HIM WE ASSURED HIM THAT HE WOULD REALLY SEE A GROWN UP PERSON IF HE WAITED A BIT SO HE SAT OUT THE BOYS AND THERE ALSO THEIR LITTLE SISTER ON A BICYCLE AND WAITED FOR THE NEXT IT TURNED OUT TO BE AN INFANT PHENOMENON WHO SANG AND DANCED IN FOURTEEN DIFFERENT COSTUMES AND WE ONCE MORE FLED OUR FRIEND SAID HE COULD NOT GO HOME IN THE STATE HE WAS HE FELT HE SHOULD KILL THE TWINS IF HE DID HE PONDERED FOR A WHILE AND THEN THOUGHT HE WOULD GO AND HEAR SOME MUSIC
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