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English
1823
We have never known them to do this on the stage, and it threw us out in our plans. We did not know exactly what to do. WE HAVE NEVER KNOWN THEM TO DO THIS ON THE STAGE AND IT THREW US OUT IN OUR PLANS WE DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO
elt this was the time to begin. We skipped between her and the door. We held our hat in front of us, cocked our head on one side, and said: "Don't go! don't go!" The girl seemed alarmed. We began to get a little nervous ourselves, but we had begun it and we meant to go through with it. We said, "Do you know, Jane" (her name wasn't Jane, but that wasn't our fault), "do you know, Jane, I think you're an uncommonly nice girl," and we said "click," and dug her in the ribs with our elbow, and then chucked her under the chin. The whole thing seemed to fall flat. There was nobody there to laugh or applaud. We wished we hadn't done it. It seemed stupid when you came to think of it. We began to feel frightened. The business wasn't going as we expected; but we screwed up our courage and went on. We put on the customary expression of comic imbecility and beckoned the girl to us. We have never seen this fail on the stage. But this girl seemed made wrong. She got behind the sofa and screamed "Help! AND TELL THE MISTRESS WE WERE THERE WE FELT THIS WAS THE TIME TO BEGIN WE SKIPPED BETWEEN HER AND THE DOOR WE HELD OUT OUR HAT IN FRONT OF US COCKED HER HEAD TO ONE SIDE AND SAID DON'T GO DON'T GO WE ALL SEEMED ALARMED WE BEGAN TO GET A LITTLE NERVOUS OURSELVES BUT WE HAD BEGUN IT AND WE MEANT TO GO THROUGH WITH IT WE SAID DO YOU KNOW JANE HER NAME WASN'T JANE BUT THAT WASN'T OUR FAULT DO YOU KNOW JANE I THINK YOU ARE UNCOMMONLY NICE GIRL AND WE SAID CLICK AND DUG HER IN THE RIBS WITH OUR ELBOW AND THEN CHUCKED HER UNDER THE CHIN THE WHOLE THING SEEMED TO FALL FLAT THERE WAS NOBODY THERE TO LAUGH OR APPLAUD WE WISHED WE HADN'T DONE IT IT SEEMED STUPID WHEN YOU CAME TO THINK OF IT WE BEGAN TO FEEL FRIGHTENED THE BUSINESS WASN'T GOING AS WE EXPECTED BUT WE SCREWED UP OUR COURAGE AND WE WENT ON WE PUT ON THE CUSTOMARY EXPRESSION OF COMIC IMBECILITY AND BECKONED THE GIRL TO US WE HAD NEVER SEEN THIS FAIL ON THE STAGE BUT THIS GIRL SEEMED MADE WRONG SHE GOT BEHIND THE SOFA AND SCREAMED HELP
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