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large/1868/reginald_0709_librivox_64kb_mp3/reginald_11_saki_64kb
English
1868
They'd only been married some eighteen months or so, and circumstances had prevented their seeing much of each other. THEY HAD ONLY BEEN MARRIED SOME EIGHTEEN MONTHS OR SO AND CIRCUMSTANCES HAD PREVENTED THEIR SEEING MUCH OF EACH OTHER
 scrunching, and I should arrange to have a wolfy fragrance suggested across the footlights. It would look so well on the programmes, 'Wolves in the first act, by Jamrach.' And old Lady Whortleberry, who never misses a first night, would scream. She's always been nervous since she lost her first husband. He died quite abruptly while watching a county cricket match; two and a half inches of rain had fallen for seven runs, and it was supposed that the excitement killed him. Anyhow, it gave her quite a shock; it was the first husband she'd lost, you know, and now she always screams if anything thrilling happens too soon after dinner. And after the audience had heard the Whortleberry scream the thing would be fairly launched." "And the plot?" "The plot," said Reginald, "would be one of those little everyday tragedies that one sees going on all round one. In my mind's eye there is the case of the Mudge-Jervises, which in an unpretentious way has quite an Enoch Arden intensity underlying it.  BUT YOU WOULD HEAR THEM SNARLING AND SCRUNCHING AND I SHOULD ARRANGE TO HAVE A WOLFY FRAGRANCE SUGGESTED ACROSS THE FOOTLIGHTS IT WOULD LOOK SO WELL ON THE PROGRAMMES WOLVES IN THE FIRST ACT BY YAMRACK AND OLD LADY WHOTLEBURY WHO NEVER MISSES A FIRST NIGHT WOULD SCREAM SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN NERVOUS SINCE SHE LOST HER FIRST HUSBAND HE DIED QUITE ABRUPTLY WHILE WATCHING A COUNTY CRICKET MATCH TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FOR SEVEN RUNS AND IT WAS SUPPOSED THAT THE EXCITEMENT KILLED HIM ANYHOW IT GAVE HER QUITE A SHOCK IT WAS THE FIRST HUSBAND SHE HAD LOST YOU KNOW AND NOW SHE ALWAYS SCREAMS IF ANYTHING THRILLING HAPPENS TOO SOON AFTER DINNER AND AFTER THE AUDIENCE HAD HEARD THE WHORTLEBURY SCREAM THE THING WOULD BE FAIRLY LAUNCHED AND THE PLOT THE PLOT SAID REGINALD WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE LITTLE EVERYDAY TRAGEDIES THAT ONE SEES GOING ON ALL ROUND ONE IN MY MINDS EITHER AS THE CASE OF THE MUCH JARVISES WHICH IN AN UNPRETENTIOUS WAY HAS QUITE AN ENOCH ARDENT INTENSITY UNDERLYING IT
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