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It is surprising, too, how quickly the moon can go out on the stage. At one moment it is riding in full radiance in the midst of a cloudless sky, and the next instant it is gone! Just as though it had been turned off at a meter. It makes you quite giddy at first until you get used to it. IT IS SURPRISING TOO HOW QUICKLY THE MOON CAN GO OUT ON THE STAGE AT ONE MOMENT IT IS RIDING IN FULL RADIANCE IN THE MIDST OF A CLOUDLESS SKY AND THE NEXT INSTANT IT IS GONE JUST AS THOUGH IT HAD BEEN TURNED OFF ATOMETER IT MAKES YOU QUITE GIDDY AT FIRST UNTIL YOU GET USED TO IT
 road was as dry as a bone. And it never seemed to occur to her to cross over. We have even known a more than unusually malignant snow-storm to follow a heroine three times round the stage and then go off (R.) with her. Of course you can't get away from a snow-storm like that! A stage snow-storm is the kind of snow-storm that would follow you upstairs and want to come into bed with you. Another curious thing about these stage snow-storms is that the moon is always shining brightly through the whole of them. And it shines only on the heroine, and it follows her about just like the snow does. Nobody fully understands what a wonderful work of nature the moon is except people acquainted with the stage. Astronomy teaches you something about the moon, but you learn a good deal more from a few visits to a theater. You will find from the latter that the moon only shines on heroes and heroines, with perhaps an occasional beam on the comic man: it always goes out when it sees the villain coming. R SIDE OF THE ROAD WAS DRY AS A BONE AND IT NEVER SEEMED TO OCCUR TO HER TO CROSS IT WE HAVE EVEN KNOWN A MORE THAN UNUSUALLY MALIGNANT SNOWSTORM TO FOLLOW A HEROINE THREE TIMES ROUND THE STAGE AND THEN GO OFF RIGHT WITH HER OF COURSE YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET AWAY FROM THE SNOW STORM LIKE THAT A STAGE SNOWSTORM IS THE KIND OF SNOWSTORM THAT WOULD FOLLOW YOU UPSTAIRS AND WANT TO COME TO BED WITH YOU ANOTHER CURIOUS THING ABOUT THESE SNOWSTORMS IS THAT THE MOON IS ALWAYS SHINING BRIGHTLY THROUGH THE WHOLE OF THEM AND IT SHINES ONLY ON THE HEROINE AND IT FOLLOWS HER ABOUT JUST LIKE THE SNOW DOES NOBODY FULLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT A WONDERFUL WORK OF NATURE THE MOON IS EXCEPT PEOPLE ACQUAINTED WITH THE STAGE ASTRONOMY TEACHES YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE MOON BUT YOU WILL LEARN A GOOD DEAL MORE FROM A FEW PHYSICS TO THE THEATRE YOU WILL FIND FROM THE LATTER THAT THE MOON ONLY SHINES ON HEROES AND HEROINES WITH PERHAPS AN OCCASIONAL BEAM ON THE COMIC MAN IT ALWAYS GOES OUT WHEN IT SEES THE VILLAIN COMING
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