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English
1823
It added that if we were prepared to render an ample written apology and to pay 50 pounds compensation, they would advise their client, Miss Matilda Hemmings, to allow the matter to drop; otherwise criminal proceedings would at once be commenced against us. IT ADDED THAT IF WE WERE PREPARED TO RENDER AN AMPLE WRITTEN APOLOGY AND PAY FIFTY POUNDS COMPENSATION THEY WOULD ADVISE THEIR CLIENT MISS MATILDA EMMINGS TO ALLOW THE MATTER TO DROP OTHERWISE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS WOULD AT ONCE BE COMMENCED AGAINST US
. His wife then entered in a towering passion. She didn't ask us if we were drunk. She said: "How dare you come here in this state!" We endeavored unsuccessfully to induce her to believe that we were sober, and we explained that our course of conduct was what was always pursued on the stage. She said she didn't care what was done on the stage, it wasn't going to be pursued in her house; and that if her husband's friends couldn't behave as gentlemen they had better stop away. The following morning we received a letter from a firm of solicitors in Lincoln's Inn with reference, so they put it, to the brutal and unprovoked assault committed by us on the previous afternoon upon the person of their client, Miss Matilda Hemmings. The letter stated that we had punched Miss Hemmings in the side, struck her under the chin, and afterward, seizing her as she was leaving the room, proceeded to commit a gross assault, into the particulars of which it was needless for them to enter at greater length. ONLY A STUDENT OF DRAMA HIS WIFE THEN ENTERED IN A TOWERING FASHION SHE DIDN'T ASK US IF WE WERE DRUNK SHE SAID HOW DARE YOU COME IN HERE IN THIS STATE WE ENDEAVORED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO INDUCE HER TO BELIEVE THAT WE WERE SOBER AND WE EXPLAINED THAT OUR COURSE OF CONDUCT WAS WHAT WAS ALWAYS PURSUED ON THE STAGE SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T CARE WHAT WAS DONE ON THE STAGE IT WASN'T GOING TO BE PURSUED IN HER HOUSE AND THAT IF HER HUSBAND'S FRIENDS COULDN'T BEHAVE LIKE GENTLEMEN THEY HAD BETTER STOP AWAY THE FOLLOWING MORNING WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM A FIRM OF SOLICITORS IN LINCOLN'S INN WITH REFERENCE SO THEY PUT IT TO THE BRUTAL AND UNPROVOKED ASSAULT COMMITTED BY US ON THE PREVIOUS AFTERNOON UPON THE PERSON OF THEIR CLIENT MISS MATILDA EMMINGS THE LETTER STATED THAT WE PUNCHED MISS EMMINGS IN THE SIDE STRUCK HER UNDER THE CHIN AND AFTERWARD SEIZING HER AS SHE WAS LEAVING THE ROOM PROCEEDED TO COMMIT A GROSS ASSAULT INTO THE PARTICULARS OF WHICH IT WAS NEEDLESS FOR THEM TO ENTER AT GREATER LENGTH
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