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English
1823
Our friend was about to repeat his customary programme of flying and cursing, but we restrained him. OUR FRIEND WAS ABOUT TO REPEAT HIS CUSTOMARY PROGRAM OF FLYING AND CURSING BUT WE RESTRAINED HIM
. The curtain went up, and on the stage was a small child standing in its nightshirt and screaming for its mother. Our friend looked, said one word and bolted, and we followed. We went a little further and dropped into another theater. Here there were two children on the stage. Some grown-up people were standing round them listening, in respectful attitudes, while the children talked. They appeared to be lecturing about something. Again we fled, swearing, and made our way to a third theater. They were all children there. It was somebody or other's Children's Company performing 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. ED INTO OUR FIRST THEATRE WE CAME TO THE CURTAIN WENT UP AND ON THE STAGE WAS A SMALL CHILD STANDING IN HIS NIGHT SEARCH AND SCREAMING FOR ITS MOTHER OUR FRIEND LOOKED SAID ONE WORD AND BOLTED AND WE FOLLOWED WE WENT A LITTLE FURTHER AND DROPPED INTO ANOTHER THEATRE HERE THERE WERE TWO CHILDREN ON THE STAGE SOME GROWN UP PEOPLE WERE STANDING AROUND THEM LISTENING IN RESPECTFUL ATTITUDES WHILE THE CHILDREN TALKED THEY APPEARED TO BE LECTURING ABOUT SOMETHING AGAIN WE FLED SWEARING AND MADE OUR WAY TO A THIRD THEATRE THEY WERE ALL CHILDREN THERE IT WAS 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
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