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"And what shall I say after I have said all that?" I ask B. when at last he has started his pipe again. "Oh! well, after that," he replies, "you can give the history of the Passion Play; how it came to be played." "Oh, but so many people have done that already," I say again. "So much the better for you," is his reply. AND WHAT SHALL I SAY AFTER I HAVE SAID ALL THAT I ASKED B WHEN AT LAST HE HAS STARTED HIS PIPE AGAIN OH WELL AFTER THAT HE REPLIES YOU CAN GIVE THE HISTORY OF THE PASSION PLAY HOW IT CAME TO BE PLAYED OH BUT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE DONE THAT ALREADY I SAY AGAIN SO MUCH THE BETTER FOR YOU IS HIS REPLY
easant. How he or she walks about bare-headed and bare-footed through the fiercest showers, and seems to find the rain only pleasantly cooling. How, during the performance of the Passion Play, they act and sing and stand about upon the uncovered stage without taking the slightest notice of the downpour of water that is soaking their robes and running from their streaming hair, to make great pools upon the boards; and how the audience, in the cheaper, unroofed portion of the theatre, sit with equal stoicism, watching them, no one ever dreaming even of putting up an umbrella--or, if he does dream of doing so, experiencing a very rude awakening from the sticks of those behind." B. stops to relight his pipe at this point, and I hear the two ladies in the next room fidgeting about and muttering worse than ever. It seems to me they are listening at the door (our room and theirs are connected by a door); I do wish that they would either get into bed again or else go downstairs. They worry me. OD OF THE BAVARIAN PEASANT HOW HE OR SHE WALKS ABOUT BAREHEADED AND BAREFOOTED THROUGH THE FIERCEST SHOWERS AND SEEMS TO FIND THE RAIN ONLY PLEASANTLY COOLING HOW DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PASSION PLAY THEY ACT AND SING AND STAND ABOUT UPON THE UNCOVERED STAGE WITHOUT TAKING THE SLIGHTEST NOTICE OF THE DOWNPOUR OF WATER THAT IS SOAKING THEIR ROBES AND RUNNING FROM THEIR STREAMING HAIR TO MAKE GREAT POOLS UPON THE BOARDS AND HOW THE AUDIENCE IN THE CHEAPER UNROOFED PORTION OF THE THEATRE SITS WITH EQUAL STOICISM WATCHING THEM NO ONE EVER DREAMING EVEN OF PUTTING UP AN UMBRELLA OR IF HE DOES DREAM OF DOING SO EXPERIENCING A VERY RUDE AWAKENING FROM THE STICKS OF THOSE BEHIND B STOPS TO RE LIGHT HIS PIPE AT THIS POINT AND I HEAR THE TWO LADIES IN THE NEXT ROOM FIDGETING ABOUT AND MUTTERING WORSE THAN EVER IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THEY ARE LISTENING AT THE DOOR OUR ROOM AND THEIRS ARE CONNECTED BY A DOOR I DO WISH THAT THEY WOULD EITHER GET INTO BED AGAIN OR ELSE GO DOWNSTAIRS THEY WORRY ME
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