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English
1823
It would seem as though ordinary citizens sought to avoid them. We have known a couple of stage villains to have Waterloo Bridge, Lancaster Place, and a bit of the Strand entirely to themselves for nearly a quarter of an hour on a summer's afternoon while they plotted a most diabolical outrage. IT WOULD SEEM AS THOUGH ORDINARY CITIZENS SOUGHT TO AVOID THEM WE HAVE KNOWN A COUPLE OF STAGE FEATHERNS TO HAVE WATERLOO BRIDGE LANCASTER PLACE AND A BIT OF THE STRAND ENTIRELY TO THEMSELVES FOR NEARLY QUARTER OF AN HOUR ON A SUMMER'S AFTERNOON WHILE THEY PLOTTED A MOST DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE
etches him a violent blow over the side if the head_). HE (_holding his jaw--in a literal sense, we mean_). I can't help feeling smitten by her. SHE. Yes, I'm a bit of a spanker, ain't I? HE. Spanker. I call you a regular stunner. You've nearly made me silly. SHE (_laughing playfully_). No, nature did that for you, Joe, long ago. HE. Ah, well, you've made me smart enough now, you boss-eyed old cow, you! SHE. Cow! am I? Ah, I suppose that's what makes me so fond of a calf, you German sausage on legs! You-- HE. Go along. Your mother brought you up on sour milk. SHE. Yah! They weaned you on thistles, didn't they? And so on, with such like badinage do they hang about in the middle of that road, showering derision and contumely upon each other for full ten minutes, when, with one culminating burst of mutual abuse, they go off together fighting and the street is left once more deserted. It is very curious, by the bye, how deserted all public places become whenever a stage character is about.  A CAPITAL MATCH ATTEMPTS TO KISS HER SLIPPING AWAY YES AND YOU'LL FIND I'M A MATCH THAT CAN STRIKE FETCHES HIM A VIOLENT BLOW OVER THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD HOLDING HIS JAW IN A LITERAL SENSE WE MEAN I CAN'T HELP FEELING SMITTEN BY HER YES I'M A BIT OF A SPANKER AIN'T I SPANKER I CALL YOU A REGULAR STUNNER YOU'VE NEARLY MADE ME SILLY OH NO NATURE DID THAT FOR YOU JOE LONG AGO AH WELL YOU'VE MADE ME SMART ENOUGH NOW YOU BOSS EYED OLD COW YOU COW AM I AH I SUPPOSE THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME SO FOND OF A CALF YOU GERMAN SAUSAGE ON LEGS YOU GO ALONG YOUR MOTHER BROUGHT YOU UP ON SOUR MILK YEA THEY WEANED YOU ON THISTLES DIDN'T THEY AND SO ON WITH SUCH LIKE BARTANAGE DO THEY HANG ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT ROAD SHOWERING DERISION AND CONTINUITY UPON EACH OTHER FOR FULL TEN MINUTES WHEN WITH ONE CULMINATING BURST OF MUTUAL ABUSE THEY GO OFF TOGETHER FIGHTING AND THE STREET IS LEFT ONCE MORE DESERTED IT IS VERY CURIOUS BY THE BY HOW DESERTED ALL PUBLIC PLACES BECOME WHENEVER A STAGE CHARACTER IS ABOUT
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