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English
1868
Anyhow, it gave her quite a shock; it was the first husband she'd lost, you know, and now she always screams if anything thrilling happens too soon after dinner. And after the audience had heard the Whortleberry scream the thing would be fairly launched." "And the plot?" ANYHOW IT GAVE HER QUITE A SHOCK IT WAS THE FIRST HUSBAND SHE HAD LOST YOU KNOW AND NOW SHE ALWAYS SCREAMS IF ANYTHING THRILLING HAPPENS TOO SOON AFTER DINNER AND AFTER THE AUDIENCE HAD HEARD THE WHORTLEBURY SCREAM THE THING WOULD BE FAIRLY LAUNCHED AND THE PLOT
strain on one's energies. I should get a bishop to say it was immoral and beautiful--no dramatist has thought of that before, and everyone would come to condemn the bishop, and they would stay on out of sheer nervousness. After all, it requires a great deal of moral courage to leave in a marked manner in the middle of the second act, when your carriage isn't ordered till twelve. And it would commence with wolves worrying something on a lonely waste--you wouldn't see them, of course; but you would hear them snarling and scrunching, and I should arrange to have a wolfy fragrance suggested across the footlights. It would look so well on the programmes, 'Wolves in the first act, by Jamrach.' And old Lady Whortleberry, who never misses a first night, would scream. She's always been nervous since she lost her first husband. He died quite abruptly while watching a county cricket match; two and a half inches of rain had fallen for seven runs, and it was supposed that the excitement killed him. LAY WOULD BE QUITE SUFFICIENT STRAIN ON ONE'S ENERGIES I SHOULD GET A BISHOP TO SAY IT WAS IMMORAL AND BEAUTIFUL NO DRAMATIST HAS THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE AND EVERY ONE WOULD COME TO CONDEMN THE BISHOP THEY WOULD STAY ON OUT OF SHEER NERVOUSNESS AFTER ALL IT REQUIRES A GREAT DEAL OF MORAL COURAGE TO LEAVE IN A MARKED MANNER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SECOND ACT WHEN YOUR CARRIAGE ISN'T ORDERED TILL TWELVE AND IT WOULD COMMENCE WITH WOLVES WORRYING SOMETHING ON A LONELY WASTE YOU WOULDN'T SEE THEM OF COURSE BUT YOU WOULD HEAR THEM SNARLING AND SCRUNCHING AND I SHOULD ARRANGE TO HAVE A WOLFY FRAGRANCE SUGGESTED ACROSS THE FOOTLIGHTS IT WOULD LOOK SO WELL ON THE PROGRAMMES WOLVES IN THE FIRST ACT BY YAMRACK AND OLD LADY WHOTLEBURY WHO NEVER MISSES A FIRST NIGHT WOULD SCREAM SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN NERVOUS SINCE SHE LOST HER FIRST HUSBAND HE DIED QUITE ABRUPTLY WHILE WATCHING A COUNTY CRICKET MATCH TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FOR SEVEN RUNS AND IT WAS SUPPOSED THAT THE EXCITEMENT KILLED HIM
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