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English
1823
When, a morning or so after witnessing one of these beautiful scenes, our own landlady knocks at our door and creates a disturbance over a paltry matter of three or four weeks' rent, and says she'll have her money or out we go that very day, and drifts slowly away down toward the kitchen, abusing us in a rising voice as she descends, then we think of these things and grow sad. It is the example of the people round him that makes the comic man so generous. Everybody is generous on the stage. WHEN A MORNING OR SO AFTER WITNESSING ONE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL SCENES OUR OWN YOUNG LADY KNOCKS AT OUR DOOR AND CREATES A DISTURBANCE OVER A PALTRY MATTER OF THREE OR FOUR WEEKS RENT AND SAYS SHE'LL HAVE HER MONEY OR OUT WE GO THAT VERY DAY AND DRIFTS SLOWLY AWAY DOWN TOWARD THE KITCHEN ABUSING US IN A RISING VOICE AS SHE DESCENDS THEN WE THINK OF THESE THINGS AND GROW SAD IT IS THE EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE AROUND HIM THAT MAKES THE COMIC MAN SO GENEROUS EVERYBODY IS GENEROUS ON THE STAGE
 mere board and lodging the man who knocked him down when they were boys together! Besides, was not the heroine (now the hero's wife) the sweetest and the blithest girl in all the village of Deepdale? (They must have been a gloomy band, the others!) How can any one with a human heart beneath his bosom suggest that people like that should pay for their rest and washing? The comic man is shocked at his wife for even thinking of such a thing, and the end of it is that Mr. and Mrs. Hero live there for the rest of the play rent free; coals, soap, candles, and hair-oil for the child being provided for them on the same terms. The hero raises vague and feeble objections to this arrangement now and again. He says he will not hear of such a thing, that he will stay no longer to be a burden upon these honest folk, but will go forth unto the roadside and there starve. The comic man has awful work with him, but wins at last and persuades the noble fellow to stop on and give the place another trial. ULD NOT THINK OF CHARGING THEM FOR MERE BOARD AND LODGING THE MAN WHO KNOCKED HIM DOWN WHEN THEY WERE BOYS TOGETHER BESIDES WAS NOT THE HEROINE NOW THE HERO'S WIFE THE SWEETEST AND BLITHEST GIRL IN THE VILLAGE OF DEEPDALE THEY MUST HAVE BEEN A GLOOMY BAND THE OTHERS HOW CAN ANY ONE WITH A HUMAN HEART BENEATH HIS BOSOM SUGGEST THAT PEOPLE LIKE THAT SHOULD PAY FOR THEIR RENT AND WASHING THE COMIC MAN IS SHOCKED AT HIS WIFE FOR EVEN THINKING SUCH A THING AND AT THE END OF IT MISTER AND MISSUS HERO LIVED THERE FOR THE REST OF THE PLAY RENT FREE COALS SOAP CANDLES AND HAIR OIL FOR THE CHILD BEING PROVIDED FOR THEM ON THE SAME TERMS THE HERO RAISES VAGUE AND FEEBLE OBJECTIONS TO THIS ARRANGEMENT NOW AND AGAIN HE SAYS HE WILL NOT HEAR OF SUCH A THING THAT HE WILL STAY NO LONGER TO BE A BURDEN UPON THESE HONEST FOLK BUT WILL GO FORTH ON TO THE ROADSIDE AND THEIR STAFF THE COMING MAN HAS AWFUL WORK WITH HIM BUT WINS AT LAST AND PERSUADES THE NOBLE FELLOW TO STOP AND GIVE THE PLACE ANOTHER TRIAL
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