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Tell them that during the thirty year's war a terrible plague (as if half a dozen different armies, marching up and down their country, fighting each other about the Lord only knows what, and living on them while doing it, was not plague enough) swept over Bavaria, devastating each town and hamlet. TELL THEM THAT DURING THE THIRTY YEARS WAR A TERRIBLE PLAGUE AS IF HALF A DOZEN DIFFERENT ARMIES MARCHING UP AND DOWN THEIR COUNTRY FIGHTING EACH OTHER ABOUT THE LORD ONLY KNOWS WHAT AND LIVING ON THEM WHILE DOING IT WAS NOT PLAGUE ENOUGH SWEPT OVER BAVARIA DEVASTATING EACH TOWN AND HAMLET
f 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. "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. Having previously heard precisely the same story from half a dozen other sources, the public will be tempted to believe you when you repeat the account. 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 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 HAVING PREVIOUSLY HEARD PRECISELY THE SAME STORY FROM HALF A DOZEN OTHER SOURCES THE PUBLIC WILL BE TEMPTED TO BELIEVE YOU WHEN YOU REPEAT THE ACCOUNT
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