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English
1823
"Leave me, friends," says the heroine, beginning to make preparations for weeping, and before she can turn round they are clean gone  one lot to the right, evidently making for the back entrance of the public house, and the other half to the left, where they visibly hide themselves behind the pump and wait till somebody else wants them. LEAVE ME FRIENDS SAYS THE HEROINE BEGINNING TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR WEEPING AND BEFORE SHE CAN TURN ROUND THEY'RE CLEAN GONE ONE NOT TO THE RIGHT EVIDENTLY MAKING FOR THE BACK ENTRANCE OF A PUBLIC HOUSE THE OTHER HALF TO THE LEFT WHERE THEY VISIBLY HIDE THEMSELVES BEHIND THE PUMP AND WAIT TILL SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS THEM
what he replied to her, and they repeat it to each other. In our own love-sick days we often used to go and relate to various people all the touching conversations that took place between our lady-love and ourselves; but our friends never seemed to get excited over it. On the contrary, a casual observer might even have been led to the idea that they were bored by our recital. And they had trains to catch and men to meet before we had got a quarter through the job. Ah, how often in those days have we yearned for the sympathy of a stage peasantry, who would have crowded round us, eager not to miss one word of the thrilling narrative, who would have rejoiced with us with an encouraging laugh, and have condoled with us with a grieved "Oh," and who would have gone off, when we had had enough of them, singing about it. By the way, this is a very beautiful trait in the character of the stage peasantry, their prompt and unquestioning compliance with the slightest wish of any of the principals. NED TO HEAR WHAT SHE SAID TO HIM AND TOLD WHAT HE REPLIED TO HER AND THEY REPEATED TO EACH OTHER IN OUR OWN LOVE SICK DAYS WE OFTEN USED TO RELATE TO VARIOUS PEOPLE ALL THE TOUCHING CONVERSATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN OUR LADY LOVE AND OURSELVES BUT OUR FRIENDS NEVER SEEMED TO GET EXCITED OVER IT ON THE CONTRARY A CASUAL OBSERVER MIGHT HAVE EVEN BEEN LED TO THE IDEA THAT THEY WERE BORED BY OUR RECITAL AND THEY HAD TRAINS TO CATCH AND BEND TO MEET BEFORE THEY GOT A QUARTER THROUGH THE JOB AH HOW OFTEN IN THOSE DAYS WE YEARNED FOR THE SYMPATHY OF STAGE PEASANTRY WE WOULD HAVE CROWDED ROUND US EAGER NOT TO MISS ONE WORD OF THE THRILLING NARRATIVE WHO WOULD HAVE REJOICED WITH US WITH OUR ENCOURAGING LAUGH AND WOULD HAVE CONDOLED WITH US WITH A GRIEVED OH AND WOULD HAVE GONE OFF WHEN WE'D HAD ENOUGH OF THEM SINGING ABOUT IT BY THE WAY THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL TRAIT IN THE CHARACTER OF THE STAGE PEASANTRY THEIR PROMPT AND UNQUESTIONING COMPLIANCE WITH THE SLIGHTEST WISH OF ANY OF THE PRINCIPALS
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