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English
1823
Maybe she fears the snow will spoil it, and she is a careful girl. She always brings her child out with her on these occasions. MAYBE SHE FEARS THAT THE SNOW WILL SPOIL IT AND SHE IS A RATHER CAREFUL GIRL SHE ALWAYS BRINGS HER CHILD OUT WITH HER ON THESE OCCASIONS
 sometimes wonder that it never catches rheumatism. She is very good, is the stage heroine. The comic man expresses a belief that she is a born angel. She reproves him for this with a tearful smile (it wouldn't be her smile if it wasn't tearful). "Oh, no," she says (sadly of course); "I have many, many faults." We rather wish that she would show them a little more. Her excessive goodness seems somehow to pall upon us. Our only consolation while watching her is that there are not many good women off the stage. Life is bad enough as it is; if there were many women in real life as good as the stage heroine, it would be unbearable. The stage heroine's only pleasure in life is to go out in a snow-storm without an umbrella and with no bonnet on. She has a bonnet, we know (rather a tasteful little thing); we have seen it hanging up behind the door of her room; but when she comes out for a night stroll during a heavy snow-storm (accompanied by thunder), she is most careful to leave it at home. HILD HAS A DAMP TIME OF IT ALTOGETHER WE SOMETIMES WONDER THAT IT NEVER CATCHES RHEUMATISM SHE IS VERY GOOD IS THE STAGE HEROINE THE COMIC MAN EXPRESSES A BELIEF THAT SHE IS A BORN ANGEL SHE REPROVES HIM FOR THIS WITH A TEARFUL SME IT WOULDN'T BE HER SMILE IF IT WASN'T TEARFUL OH NO SHE SAYS SADLY OF COURSE I HAVE MANY MANY FAULTS WE RATHER WISH THAT SHE WOULD SHOW THEM A LITTLE MORE HER EXCESSIVE GOODNESS SEEMS SOMEHOW TO PALL ON US OUR ONLY CONSOLATION WHILE WATCHING HER IS THAT THERE ARE NOT MANY GOOD WOMEN OFF THE STAGE LIFE IS BAD AS IT IS IF THERE WERE MANY WOMEN IN REAL LIFE AS GOOD AS THE STAGE HEROINE HE WOULD BE UNBEARABLE THE STAGE HEROINE'S ONLY PLEASURE IN LIFE IS TO GO OUT IN A SNOW STORM WITHOUT AN UMBRELLA AND WITH NO BONNET ON SHE HAS A BONNET WE KNOW RATHER A TASTEFUL LITTLE THING WE HAVE SEEN IT HANGING UP BEHIND THE DOOR OF HER ROOM BUT WHEN SHE COMES OUT OF THE NIGHT'S STROLL DURING THE HEAVY SNOW STORM ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER SHE IS MOST CAREFUL TO LEAVE IT AT HOME
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