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English
1823
Still, with all his faults we like the comic man. He is not always in trouble and he does not make long speeches. STILL WITH ALL HIS FAULTS WE LIKE THE COMIC MAN HE IS NOT ALWAYS IN TROUBLE AND HE DOES NOT MAKE LONG SPEECHES
t it is not in one's heart to feel angry with him. It is the way in which a thing is done that makes all the difference. Besides, he can always round on his pal, the serious villain, at the end, and that makes it all right. The comic man is not a sportsman. If he goes out shooting, we know that when he returns we shall hear that he has shot the dog. If he takes his girl out on the river he upsets her (literally we mean). The comic man never goes out for a day's pleasure without coming home a wreck. If he merely goes to tea with his girl at her mother's, he swallows a muffin and chokes himself. The comic man is not happy in his married life, nor does it seem to us that he goes the right way to be so. He calls his wife "his old Dutch clock," "the old geyser," and such like terms of endearment, and addresses her with such remarks as "Ah, you old cat," "You ugly old nutmeg grater," "You orangamatang, you!" etc., etc. Well, you know that is not the way to make things pleasant about a house. SUCH A GENIAL LIGHT HEARTED SPIRIT THAT IT IS NOT IN ONE'S HEART TO FEEL ANGRY WITH HIM IT IS THE WAY IN WHICH A THING IS DONE THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE BESIDES HE CAN ALWAYS GO ROUND ON HIS PAL SERIOUS VILLAIN AT THE END AND THAT MAKES IT ALL RIGHT THE COMIC MAN IS NOT A SPORTSMAN IF HE GOES OUT SHOOTING WE KNOW THAT WHEN HE RETURNS WE SHALL HEAR THAT HE HAS SHOT A DOG IF HE TAKES HIS GIRL OUT ON THE RIVER HE UPSETS HER LITERALLY WE MEAN THE COMAC MAN NEVER GOES OUT FOR A DAY'S PLEASURE WITHOUT COMING HOME A WRECK IF HE MERELY GOES TO TEA WITH HIS GIRL AND HER MOTHER'S HE SWALLOWS A MUFFIN AND CHOKES HIMSELF THE COMIC MAN IS NOT HAPPY IN HIS MARRIED LIFE NOR DOES IT SEEM TO US THAT HE GOES THE RIGHT WAY TO BE SO HE CALLS HIS WIFE THE OLD DUTCH CLOCK THE OLD GEEZER AND SUCH TERMS OF ENDEARMENT AND ADDRESSES HER WITH SUCH REMARKS AS AH YOU OLD CAT YOU OLD UGLY NUTMEG GREATER YOU ARAMBOATANG YOU ET CETERA ET CETERA WELL YOU KNOW THAT IS NOT THE WAY TO MAKE THINGS PLEASANT FOR A HOUSE
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