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"But one dark night Caspar Schuchler, an inhabitant of Ober Ammergau, who had been working in the plague stricken neighbouring village of Eschenlohe, creeping low on his belly, passed the drowsy sentinels, and gained his home, and saw what for many a day he had been hungering for  a sight of his wife and bairns. BUT ONE DARK NIGHT CASPAR CHUKLA AN INHABITANT OF OBER AMMERICAU WHO HAD BEEN WORKING IN THE PLAGUE STRICKEN NEIGHBOURING VILLAGE OF ESCHELLO CREEPING LOW ON HIS BELLY PASSED THE DROWSY SENTINELS AND GAINED HIS HOME AND SAW WHAT FOR MANY A DAY HE HAD BEEN HUNGERING FOR A SIGHT OF HIS WIFE AND BAIRNS
stairs. They worry me. "And what shall I say after I have said all that?" I ask B. when at last he has started his pipe again. "Oh! well, after that," he replies, "you can give the history of the Passion Play; how it came to be played." "Oh, but so many people have done that already," I say again. "So much the better for you," is his reply. Having previously heard precisely the same story from half a dozen other sources, the public will be tempted to believe you when you repeat the account. Tell them that during the thirty year's war a terrible plague (as if half a dozen different armies, marching up and down their country, fighting each other about the Lord only knows what, and living on them while doing it, was not plague enough) swept over Bavaria, devastating each town and hamlet. Of all the highland villages, Ober-Ammergau by means of a strictly enforced quarantine alone kept, for a while, the black foe at bay. No soul was allowed to leave the village; no living thing to enter it. EITHER GET INTO BED AGAIN OR ELSE GO DOWNSTAIRS THEY WORRY ME AND WHAT SHALL I SAY AFTER I HAVE SAID ALL THAT I ASKED B WHEN AT LAST HE HAS STARTED HIS PIPE AGAIN OH WELL AFTER THAT HE REPLIES YOU CAN GIVE THE HISTORY OF THE PASSION PLAY HOW IT CAME TO BE PLAYED OH BUT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE DONE THAT ALREADY I SAY AGAIN SO MUCH THE BETTER FOR YOU IS HIS REPLY HAVING PREVIOUSLY HEARD PRECISELY THE SAME STORY FROM HALF A DOZEN OTHER SOURCES THE PUBLIC WILL BE TEMPTED TO BELIEVE YOU WHEN YOU REPEAT THE ACCOUNT TELL THEM THAT DURING THE THIRTY YEARS WAR A TERRIBLE PLAGUE AS IF HALF A DOZEN DIFFERENT ARMIES MARCHING UP AND DOWN THEIR COUNTRY FIGHTING EACH OTHER ABOUT THE LORD ONLY KNOWS WHAT AND LIVING ON THEM WHILE DOING IT WAS NOT PLAGUE ENOUGH SWEPT OVER BAVARIA DEVASTATING EACH TOWN AND HAMLET OF ALL THE HIGHLAND VILLAGES OBER AMMERGAU BY MEANS OF A STRICTLY ENFORCED QUARANTINE ALONE KEPT FOR A WHILE THE BLACK FOE AT BAY NO SOUL WAS ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE VILLAGE NO LIVING THING TO ENTER IT
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