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English
1823
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. 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
des. After he has indulged in a little badinage of the above character with his real lady-love, the heroine, he will occasionally try a little light flirtation passage with her maid or lady friend. The maid or friend 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. S LESS SERIOUS LOVE EPISODES AFTER HE HAS INDULGED IN A LITTLE BADANAGE OF THE ABOVE CHARACTER WITH HIS REAL LADY LOVE THE HEROINE HE WILL OCCASIONALLY TRY LITTLE LIGHT FLIRTATION PASSAGE WITH HER MAID OR 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
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