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English
1823
But the stage villain is built cussed. He ill uses this female most shockingly  not for any cause or motive whatever; indeed, his own practical interests should prompt him to treat her well and keep friends with her  but from the natural cussedness to which we have just alluded. BUT THE STAGEWOMAN IS BUILT CUSSED HE ILL USES THIS FEMALE MOST SHOCKINGLY NOT FOR ANY CAUSE OR MOTIVE WHATEVER INDEED HIS OWN PRACTICAL INTERESTS SHOULD PROMPT HIM TO TREAT HER WELL AND KEEP FRIENDS WITH HER BUT FROM THE NATURAL CUSSEDNESS TO WHICH WE HAVE JUST ALLUDED
end does not waste time in simile or in metaphor. She calls him a black-hearted scoundrel and clumps him over the head. Of recent years it has been attempted to cheer the stage villain's loveless life by making the village clergyman's daughter gone on him. But it is generally about ten years ago when even she loved him, and her love has turned to hate by the time the play opens; so that on the whole his lot can hardly be said to have been much improved in this direction. Not but what it must be confessed that her change of feeling is, under the circumstances, only natural. He took her away from her happy, peaceful home when she was very young and brought her up to this wicked overgrown London. He did not marry her. There is no earthly reason why he should not have married her. She must have been a fine girl at that time (and she is a good-looking woman as it is, with dash and go about her), and any other man would have settled down cozily with her and have led a simple, blameless life. LADY FRIEND THE MAID OR FRIEND DOES NOT WASTE TIME IN SIMILE OR METAPHOR SHE CALLS HIM A BLACK HEARTED SCOUNDREL AND CLUMPS HIM OVER THE HEAD OF RECENT YEARS IT HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED TO CHEER THE STAGE VILLAIN'S LOVELESS LIFE BY MAKING THE VILLAGE CLERGYMAN'S DAUGHTER GONE ON HIM BUT IT IS GENERALLY ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO WHEN EVEN SHE LOVED HIM AND HER LOVE HAS TURNED TO HATE BY THE TIME THE PLAY OPENS SO THAT ON THE WHOLE HIS LOT CAN HARDLY BE SAID TO HAVE BEEN IMPROVED MUCH IN THIS DIRECTION NOT BUT WHAT IT MUST BE CONFESSED THAT HER CHANGE OF FEELING IS UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES ONLY NATURAL HE TOOK HER AWAY FROM HER HAPPY PEACEFUL HOME WHEN SHE WAS VERY YOUNG AND BROUGHT HER TO THIS WICKED OVERGROWN LONDON HE DID NOT MARRY HER THERE IS NO EARTHLY REASON WHY HE SHOULD NOT HAVE MARRIED HER SHE MUST HAVE BEEN A FINE GIRL AT THE TIME AND SHE IS A GOOD LOOKING WOMAN AS IT IS WITH A DASH AND A GO ABOUT HER AND ANY OTHER MAN WOULD HAVE SETTLED DOWN COSELY WITH HER AND LED A SIMPLE BLAMELESS LIFE
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