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English
1823
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. 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
ed her, "ay, even then." Ah, and he would have worked--slaved for her, and have made her rich and happy. He might perhaps even have been a good man. She tries to soothe him. She says she loathed him with an unspeakable horror from the first moment that her eyes met his revolting form. She says she saw a hideous toad once in a nasty pond, and she says that rather would she take that noisome reptile and clasp its slimy bosom to her own than tolerate one instant's touch from his (the villain's) arms. This sweet prattle of hers, however, only charms him all the more. He says he will win her yet. Nor does the villain seem much happier in his less serious love episodes. 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. HER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD AND LOVED HER AY EVEN THEN AH AND HE WOULD HAVE WORKED SLAVE FOR HER AND MADE HER RICH AND HAPPY HE MIGHT PERHAPS EVEN HAVE BEEN A GOOD MAN SHE TRIES TO SOOTHE HIM SHE SAYS SHE'S LOATHED HIM WITH AN UNSPEAKABLE HORROR FROM THE FIRST MOMENT THAT HER EYES MET HIS REVOLTING FORM SHE SAYS SHE SAW A HIDEOUS TOAD ONCE IN A NASTY POND AND SHE SAYS THAT SHE WOULD RATHER TAKE THAT NOISOME REPTILE AND CLASP ITS SLIMY BOSOM TO HER OWN THAN TOLERATE ONE INSTANT'S TOUCH FROM HIM THE VILLAIN'S ARMS THIS SWEET PRATTLE OF HERS HOWEVER CAN ONLY CHARM HIM ALL THE MORE HE SAYS HE WILL WIN HER YET NOR DOES THE VILLAIN SEEM MUCH HAPPIER IN HIS 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
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