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English
1823
We thought in our ignorance prior to this that there could not be anything in the world like the stage child, but you see we were mistaken. WE THOUGHT IN OUR IGNORANCE PRIOR TO THIS THAT THERE COULD NOT BE ANYTHING IN THE WORLD LIKE THE STAGE CHILD BUT YOU SEE WE WERE MISTAKEN
 brought to us from outlying parts of the house and introduced to us for our edification; and we have found them gritty and sticky. Their boots have usually been muddy, and they have wiped them up against our new trousers. And their hair has suggested the idea that they have been standing on their heads in the dust-bin. And they have talked to us--but not prettily, not at all--rather rude we should call it. But the stage child is very different. It is clean and tidy. You can touch it anywhere and nothing comes off. Its face glows with soap and water. From the appearance of its hands it is evident that mud-pies and tar are joys unknown to it. As for its hair, there is something uncanny about its smoothness and respectability. Even its boot-laces are done up. We have never seen anything like the stage child outside a theater excepting one--that was on the pavement in front of a tailor's shop in Tottenham Court Road. He stood on a bit of round wood, and it was fifteen and nine, his style. RIENDS THEY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO US FROM OUTLYING PARTS OF THE HOUSE AND INTRODUCED TO US FOR OUR EDIFICATION AND WE HAVE FOUND THEM GRITTY AND STICKY THEIR BOOTS HAVE USUALLY BEEN MUDDY AND THEY HAVE WIPED THEM UP AGAINST OUR NEW TROUSERS AND THEIR HAIR HAS SUGGESTED THE IDEA THAT THEY HAVE BEEN STANDING ON THEIR HEADS IN THE DUST PIN AND THEY HAVE TALKED TO US BUT NOT PRETTILY NOT AT ALL RATHER RUDE WE SHOULD CALL IT BUT THE STAGE CHILD IS VERY DIFFERENT IT IS CLEAN AND TIDY YOU CAN TOUCH IT ANYWHERE AND NOTHING COMES OFF ITS FACE GLOWS WITH SOAP AND WATER FROM THE APPEARANCE OF HIS HANDS IT IS EVIDENT THAT MUD PIES AND TAR ARE JOYS UNKNOWN TO IT AS FOR ITS HAIR THERE IS SOMETHING UNCANNY ABOUT ITS SMOOTHNESS AND RESPECTABILITY EVEN ITS BOOT LACES ARE DONE UP WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THE STAGE CHILD OUTSIDE OF A THEATRE EXCEPTING ONE THAT WAS ON A PAVEMENT IN FRONT OF A TAILOR'S SHOP IN TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD HE STOOD ON A BIT OF ROUND WOOD AND IT WAS FIFTEEN AND NINE HIS STYLE
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