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English
1823
By the way, this is a very beautiful trait in the character of the stage peasantry, their prompt and unquestioning compliance with the slightest wish of any of the principals. BY THE WAY THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL TRAIT IN THE CHARACTER OF THE STAGE PEASANTRY THEIR PROMPT AND UNQUESTIONING COMPLIANCE WITH THE SLIGHTEST WISH OF ANY OF THE PRINCIPALS
have no earthly concern. What particularly rouses them is the heroine's love affairs. They could listen to them all day. They yearn to hear what she said to him and to be told what he replied to her, and they repeat it to each other. In our own love-sick days we often used to go and relate to various people all the touching conversations that took place between our lady-love and ourselves; but our friends never seemed to get excited over it. On the contrary, a casual observer might even have been led to the idea that they were bored by our recital. And they had trains to catch and men to meet before we had got a quarter through the job. Ah, how often in those days have we yearned for the sympathy of a stage peasantry, who would have crowded round us, eager not to miss one word of the thrilling narrative, who would have rejoiced with us with an encouraging laugh, and have condoled with us with a grieved "Oh," and who would have gone off, when we had had enough of them, singing about it. SE BOW INTEREST IN THINGS IN WHICH THEY HAVE NO EARTHLY CONCERN WHAT PARTICULARLY AROUSES THEM IS THE HEROINE'S LOVE AFFAIRS THEY COULD LISTEN TO THEM ALL DAY THEY YEARNED TO HEAR WHAT SHE SAID TO HIM AND TOLD WHAT HE REPLIED TO HER AND THEY REPEATED TO EACH OTHER IN OUR OWN LOVE SICK DAYS WE OFTEN USED TO RELATE TO VARIOUS PEOPLE ALL THE TOUCHING CONVERSATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN OUR LADY LOVE AND OURSELVES BUT OUR FRIENDS NEVER SEEMED TO GET EXCITED OVER IT ON THE CONTRARY A CASUAL OBSERVER MIGHT HAVE EVEN BEEN LED TO THE IDEA THAT THEY WERE BORED BY OUR RECITAL AND THEY HAD TRAINS TO CATCH AND BEND TO MEET BEFORE THEY GOT A QUARTER THROUGH THE JOB AH HOW OFTEN IN THOSE DAYS WE YEARNED FOR THE SYMPATHY OF STAGE PEASANTRY WE WOULD HAVE CROWDED ROUND US EAGER NOT TO MISS ONE WORD OF THE THRILLING NARRATIVE WHO WOULD HAVE REJOICED WITH US WITH OUR ENCOURAGING LAUGH AND WOULD HAVE CONDOLED WITH US WITH A GRIEVED OH AND WOULD HAVE GONE OFF WHEN WE'D HAD ENOUGH OF THEM SINGING ABOUT IT
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