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English
1823
Having lost his beloved wife, and feeling that there is no one now to keep the children quiet, he engages her. She puzzles him a good deal, this new housekeeper. There is something about her that strangely reminds him of his darling Nell  maybe her boots and dress, which she has not had time to change. HAVING LOST HIS BELOVED WIFE AND FEELING THAT THERE IS NO ONE NOW TO KEEP HIS CHILDREN QUIET HE ENGAGES HER SHE PUZZLES HIM A GOOD DEAL THIS NEW HOUSEKEEPER THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT HER STRANGELY REMINDS HIM OF HIS DARLING NELL MAYBE HER BOOTS AND DRESS WHICH SHE HAS NOT HAD TIME TO CHANGE
Possibly in real life he would not be deemed anything extraordinary, but by contrast with the average of stage men and women, any one who is not a born fool naturally appears somewhat Machiavellian. He is the only man in the play who does not swallow all the villain tells him and believe it, and come up with his mouth open for more. He is the only man who can see through the disguise of an overcoat and a new hat. There is something very wonderful about the disguising power of cloaks and hats upon the stage. This comes from the habit people on the stage have of recognizing their friends, not by their faces and voices, but by their cloaks and hats. A married man on the stage knows his wife, because he knows she wears a blue ulster and a red bonnet. The moment she leaves off that blue ulster and red bonnet he is lost and does not know where she is. She puts on a yellow cloak and a green hat, and coming in at another door says she is a lady from the country, and does he want a housekeeper? ROME AH HE IS ACUTE ONE HEARS POSSIBLY IN REAL LIFE HE WOULD NOT BE DEEMED ANYTHING EXTRAORDINARY BUT BY CONTRAST WITH THE AVERAGE STATE MEN AND WOMEN ANY ONE WHO IS BORN FULL NATURALLY APPEARS SOMEWHAT MACHIAVELLIAN HE IS THE ONLY MAN IN THE PLAY WHO DOES NOT SWALLOW ALL VILLANTISM AND BELIEVES IT AND COMES UP WITH HIS MOUTH OPEN FOR MORE HE IS THE ONLY MAN WHO CAN SEE THROUGH THE DISGUISE OF AN OVERCOAT AND A NEW HAT THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WONDERFUL ABOUT THE DISGUISING POWER OF CLOAKS AND HATS UPON THE STAGE THIS COMES FROM THE HABIT PEOPLE ON THE STAGE HAVE OF RECOGNISING THEIR FRIENDS NOT BY THEIR FACES AND VOICES BUT BY THEIR CLOAKS AND HATS A MARRIED MAN ON THE STAGE KNOWS HIS WIFE BECAUSE HE KNOWS SHE WEARS A BLUE ULSTER AND A RED BONNET THE MOMENT SHE LEAVES OFF THAT BLUE ULSTER AND RED BONNET HE IS LOST AND DOES NOT KNOW WHERE SHE IS SHE PUTS ON A YELLOW CLOAK AND A GREEN HAT AND COMING IN AT ANOTHER DOOR SHE SAYS SHE IS A LADY FROM THE COUNTRY AND DOES HE WANT A HOUSEKEEPER
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