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English
1823
"Better far be poor and villainous," he says to himself, "than possess all the wealth of the Indies with a clear conscience. I will be a villain," he cries. "I will, at great expense and inconvenience to myself, murder the good old man, get the hero accused of the crime, and make love to his wife while he is in prison. BETTER FAR BE POOR AND VIRGINOUS HE SAYS TO HIMSELF THAN POSSESS ALL THE WEALTH OF THE INDIES WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE I WILL BE A VILLAIN HE CRIES I WILL AT GREAT EXPENSE AND INCONVENIENCE TO MYSELF MURDER THE GOOD MAN GET THE HERO ACCUSED OF THE CRIME AND MAKE LOVE TO HIS WIFE WHILE HE IS IN PRISON
at that time (and she is a good-looking woman as it is, with dash and go about her), and any other man would have settled down cozily with her and have led a simple, blameless life. But the stage villain is built cussed. He ill-uses this female most shockingly--not for any cause or motive whatever; indeed, his own practical interests should prompt him to treat her well and keep friends with her--but from the natural cussedness to which we have just alluded. When he speaks to her he seizes her by the wrist and breathes what he's got to say into her ear, and it tickles and revolts her. The only thing in which he is good to her is in the matter of dress. He does not stint her in dress. The stage villain is superior to the villain of real life. The villain of real life is actuated by mere sordid and selfish motives. The stage villain does villainy, not for any personal advantage to himself, but merely from the love of the thing as an art. Villainy is to him its own reward; he revels in it. ST HAVE BEEN A FINE GIRL AT THE TIME AND SHE IS A GOOD LOOKING WOMAN AS IT IS WITH A DASH AND A GO ABOUT HER AND ANY OTHER MAN WOULD HAVE SETTLED DOWN COSELY WITH HER AND LED A SIMPLE BLAMELESS LIFE BUT THE STAGEWOMAN IS BUILT CUSSED HE ILL USES THIS FEMALE MOST SHOCKINGLY NOT FOR ANY CAUSE OR MOTIVE WHATEVER INDEED HIS OWN PRACTICAL INTERESTS SHOULD PROMPT HIM TO TREAT HER WELL AND KEEP FRIENDS WITH HER BUT FROM THE NATURAL CUSSEDNESS TO WHICH WE HAVE JUST ALLUDED WHEN HE SPEAKS TO HER HE SEIZES HER BY THE WRIST AND BREATHES WHAT HE HAS GOT TO SAY TO IT INTO HER EAR AND IT TICKLES AND REVOLTS HER THE ONLY THING IN WHICH HE IS GOOD TO HER IS THE MATTER OF DRESS HE DOES NOT STINT HER IN DRESS THE STAGE VILLAIN IS SUPERIOR TO THE VILLAIN OF REAL LIFE THE VILLAIN OF REAL LIFE IS ACTUATED BY MERE SORDID AND SELFISH MOTIVES THE STAGE VILLAIN DOES VILLAINY NOT FOR ANY PERSONAL ADVANTAGE TO HIMSELF BUT MERELY FROM THE LOVE OF A THING AS AN ART VILLAINY IS TO HIM ITS OWN REWARD HE REVELS IN IT
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