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What does it matter what any of us says about anything? Nobody takes much notice of it, luckily for everybody. WHAT DOES IT MATTER WHAT ANY OF US SAYS ABOUT ANYTHING NOBODY TAKES MUCH NOTICE OF IT LUCKILY FOR EVERYBODY
ters of an hour. They seem troubled about something. It is very pleasant here. An overflow performance is being given in the theatre to-day for the benefit of those people who could not gain admittance yesterday, and, through the open windows, we can hear the rhythmic chant of the chorus. Mellowed by the distance, the wailing cadence of the plaintive songs, mingled with the shrill Haydnistic strains of the orchestra, falls with a mournful sweetness on our ears. We ourselves saw the play yesterday, and we are now discussing it. I am explaining to B. the difficulty I experience in writing an account of it for my diary. I tell him that I really do not know what to say about it. He smokes for a while in silence, and then, taking the pipe from his lips, he says: "Does it matter very much what you say about it?" I find much relief in that thought. It at once lifts from my shoulders the oppressive feeling of responsibility that was weighing me down. After all, what does it matter what I say?  THIS FOR THE LAST THREE QUARTERS OF AN HOUR THEY SEEM TROUBLED ABOUT SOMETHING IT IS VERY PLEASANT HERE AN OVERFLOW PERFORMANCE IS BEING GIVEN IN THE THEATRE TO DAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT GAIN A BITTANCE YESTERDAY AND THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOWS WE CAN HEAR THE RHYTHMIC CHANT OF THE CHORUS MELLOWED BY THE DISTANCE THE WAILING CADENCE OF THE PLAINTIVE SONGS MINGLED WITH THE SHRILL HAGNISTIC STRAINS OF THE ORCHESTRA FALLS WITH A MOURNFUL SWEETNESS ON OUR EARS WE OURSELVES SAW THE PLAY YESTERDAY AND WE ARE NOW DISCUSSING IT I AM EXPLAINING TO B THE DIFFICULTY I EXPERIENCE IN WRITING AN ACCOUNT OF IT FOR MY DIARY I TELL HIM THAT I REALLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT IT HE SMOKES FOR A WHILE IN SILENCE AND THEN TAKING THE PIPE FROM HIS LIPS HE SAYS DOES IT MATTER VERY MUCH WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT IT I FIND MUCH RELIEF IN THAT THOUGHT IT AT ONCE LIFTS FROM MY SHOULDERS THE OPPRESSIVE FEELING OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT WAS WEIGHING ME DOWN AFTER ALL WHAT DOES IT MATTER WHAT I SAY 
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