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English
1823
Everybody will see through my villainy, and I shall be nabbed in the end. I always am. But it is no matter, I will be a villain  ha! ha!" EVERYBODY WILL SEE THROUGH MY VILLAINY AND I SHALL BE NABBED IN THE END I ALWAYS AM BUT IT IS NO MATTER I WILL BE A VILLAIN HA HA
uated by mere sordid and selfish motives. The stage villain does villainy, not for any personal advantage to himself, but merely from the love of the thing as an art. Villainy is to him its own reward; he revels in it. "Better far be poor and villainous," he says to himself, "than possess all the wealth of the Indies with a clear conscience. I will be a villain," he cries. "I will, at great expense and inconvenience to myself, murder the good old man, get the hero accused of the crime, and make love to his wife while he is in prison. It will be a risky and laborious business for me from beginning to end, and can bring me no practical advantage whatever. The girl will call me insulting names when I pay her a visit, and will push me violently in the chest when I get near her; her golden-haired infant will say I am a bad man and may even refuse to kiss me. The comic man will cover me with humorous opprobrium, and the villagers will get a day off and hang about the village pub and hoot me.  THE VILLAIN OF REAL LIFE IS ACTUATED BY MERE SORDID AND SELFISH MOTIVES THE STAGE VILLAIN DOES VILLAINY NOT FOR ANY PERSONAL ADVANTAGE TO HIMSELF BUT MERELY FROM THE LOVE OF A THING AS AN ART VILLAINY IS TO HIM ITS OWN REWARD HE REVELS IN IT BETTER FAR BE POOR AND VIRGINOUS HE SAYS TO HIMSELF THAN POSSESS ALL THE WEALTH OF THE INDIES WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE I WILL BE A VILLAIN HE CRIES I WILL AT GREAT EXPENSE AND INCONVENIENCE TO MYSELF MURDER THE GOOD MAN GET THE HERO ACCUSED OF THE CRIME AND MAKE LOVE TO HIS WIFE WHILE HE IS IN PRISON IT WILL BE RISKY AND A LABORIOUS BUSINESS FOR ME FROM THE BEGINNING TO END AND CAN BRING ME NO PRACTICAL ADVANTAGE WHATSOEVER THE GIRL WILL CALL ME INSULTING NAMES WHEN I PAY HER A VISIT AND WILL PUSH ME VIOLENTLY IN THE CHEST WHEN I GET NEAR HER GOLDEN HAIRED INFANT WILL SAY I AM A BAD MAN AND MAY EVEN REFUSE TO KISS ME THE COMIC MAN WILL COVER ME WITH HUMOROUS OPPROBRIUM AND THE VILLAGERS WILL GET A DAY OFF AND HANG AROUND THE VILLAGE PUB AND HOOT ME
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