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English
1823
We endeavored unsuccessfully to induce her to believe that we were sober, and we explained that our course of conduct was what was always pursued on the stage. WE ENDEAVORED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO INDUCE HER TO BELIEVE THAT WE WERE SOBER AND WE EXPLAINED THAT OUR COURSE OF CONDUCT WAS WHAT WAS ALWAYS PURSUED ON THE STAGE
 we screwed up our courage and went on. We put on the customary expression of comic imbecility and beckoned the girl to us. We have never seen this fail on the stage. But this girl seemed made wrong. She got behind the sofa and screamed "Help!" We have never known them to do this on the stage, and it threw us out in our plans. We did not know exactly what to do. We regretted that we had ever begun this job and heartily wished ourselves out of it. But it appeared foolish to pause then, when we were more than half-way through, and we made a rush to get it over. We chivvied the girl round the sofa and caught her near the door and kissed her. She scratched our face, yelled police, murder, and fire, and fled from the room. Our friend came in almost immediately. He said: "I say, J., old man, are you drunk?" We told him no, that we were only a student of the drama. His wife then entered in a towering passion. She didn't ask us if we were drunk. She said: "How dare you come here in this state! BUSINESS WASN'T GOING AS WE EXPECTED BUT WE SCREWED UP OUR COURAGE AND WE WENT ON WE PUT ON THE CUSTOMARY EXPRESSION OF COMIC IMBECILITY AND BECKONED THE GIRL TO US WE HAD NEVER SEEN THIS FAIL ON THE STAGE BUT THIS GIRL SEEMED MADE WRONG SHE GOT BEHIND THE SOFA AND SCREAMED HELP WE HAVE NEVER KNOWN THEM TO DO THIS ON THE STAGE AND IT THREW US OUT IN OUR PLANS WE DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO WE REGRETTED THAT WE HAD BEGUN THIS JOB AND HEARTILY WISHED OURSELVES OUT OF IT BUT IT APPEARED FOOLISH TO PAUSE THEN WHEN WE WERE MORE THAN HALF WAY THROUGH AND WE MADE A RUSH TO GET IT OVER WE CHIVVIED THE GIRL AROUND THE SOFA AND CAUGHT HER NEAR THE DOOR AND KISSED HER SHE SCRATCHED HER FACE YELLED POLICE MURDER AND FIRE AND FLED FROM THE ROOM OUR FRIEND CAME IN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND SAID I SAY J OH MAN ARE YOU DRUNK WE TOLD HIM NO THAT WE ARE ONLY A STUDENT OF DRAMA HIS WIFE THEN ENTERED IN A TOWERING FASHION SHE DIDN'T ASK US IF WE WERE DRUNK SHE SAID HOW DARE YOU COME IN HERE IN THIS STATE
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