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It is of no use pretending to them that you are on the Press, because they don't want the Press; they don't think anything of the Press. IT IS OF NO USE PRETENDING TO THEM THAT YOU ARE ON THE PRESS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THE PRESS THEY DON'T THINK ANYTHING OF THE PRESS
read the book, I do not want to know; indeed, I would rather not know. It will be sufficient reward for me to feel that I have done my duty, and to receive a percentage on the gross sales. LONDON, _March_, 1891. MONDAY, 19TH My Friend B.--Invitation to the Theatre.--A Most Unpleasant Regulation.--Yearnings of the Embryo Traveller.--How to Make the Most of One's Own Country.--Friday, a Lucky Day.--The Pilgrimage Decided On. My friend B. called on me this morning and asked me if I would go to a theatre with him on Monday next. "Oh, yes! certainly, old man," I replied. "Have you got an order, then?" He said: "No; they don't give orders. We shall have to pay." "Pay! Pay to go into a theatre!" I answered, in astonishment. "Oh, nonsense! You are joking." "My dear fellow," he rejoined, "do you think I should suggest paying if it were possible to get in by any other means? But the people who run this theatre would not even understand what was meant by a 'free list,' the uncivilised barbarians! INK IF I CAN WHAT YOU WILL THINK AFTER YOU HAVE READ THE BOOK I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW INDEED I WOULD RATHER NOT KNOW IT WILL BE SUFFICIENT REWARD FOR ME TO FEEL THAT I HAVE DONE MY DUTY AND TO RECEIVE A PERCENTAGE ON THE GROSS SALES LONDON MARCH EIGHTEEN NINETY ONE MONDAY NINETEENTH MY FRIEND B INVITATION TO THE THEATRE A MOST UNPLEASANT REGULATION YEARNINGS OF THE EMBRYO TRAVELLER HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF ONE'S OWN COUNTRY FRIDAY A LUCKY DAY THE PILGRIMAGE DECIDED ON MY FRIEND B CALLED ON ME THIS MORNING AND ASKED ME IF I WOULD GO TO A THEATRE WITH HIM ON MONDAY NEXT OH YES CERTAINLY OLD MAN I REPLIED HAVE YOU GOT AN ORDER THEN HE SAID NO THEY DON'T GIVE ORDERS WE SHALL HAVE TO PAY PAY PAY TO GO INTO A THEATRE I ANSWERED IN ASTONISHMENT OH NONSENSE YOU ARE JOKING MY DEAR FELLOW HE REJOINED YOU THINK I SHOULD SUGGEST PAYING IF IT WERE POSSIBLE TO GET IN BY ANY OTHER MEANS BUT THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THIS THEATRE WOULD NOT EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS MEANT BY A FREE LIST THE UNCIVILIZED BARBARIANS
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