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English
1823
There are just the same number of men as there are women in all stage villages, and they are all about the same age and each young man loves some young woman. But they never marry. They talk a lot about it, but they never do it. The artful beggars! They see too much what it's like among the principals. THERE ARE JUST THE SAME NUMBER OF MEN AS THERE ARE WOMEN IN ALL STAGE VILLAGES AND THEY ARE ALL ABOUT THE SAME AGE AND EACH YOUNG MAN LOVES SOME YOUNG WOMAN BUT THEY NEVER MARRY THEY TALK A LOT ABOUT IT BUT THEY NEVER DO IT THE ARTFUL BEGGARS THEY SEE TOO MUCH OF WHAT IS LIKE AMONG THE PRINCIPALS
, just outside the public-house, or the square on market-day to do his spooning in. They are very faithful, are stage peasants. No jilting, no fickleness, no breach of promise. If the gentleman in pink walks out with the lady in blue in the first act, pink and blue will be married in the end. He sticks to her all through and she sticks to him. Girls in yellow may come and go, girls in green may laugh and dance--the gentleman in pink heeds them not. Blue is his color, and he never leaves it. He stands beside it, he sits beside it. He drinks with her, he smiles with her, he laughs with her, he dances with her, he comes on with her, he goes off with her. When the time comes for talking he talks to her and only her, and she talks to him and only him. Thus there is no jealousy, no quarreling. But we should prefer an occasional change ourselves. There are no married people in stage villages and no children (consequently, of course--happy village! oh, to discover it and spend a month there!).  GIVE HIM THE VILLAGE GREEN JUST OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC HOUSE OR THE SQUARE ON MARKEY DAY TO DO SOME SPOONING IN THEY ARE VERY FAITHFUL ARE STAGE PEASANTS NO JILTING NO FICKLENESS NO BREACH OF PROMISE IF THE GENTLEMAN IN PINK WALKS OUT WITH THE LADY IN BLUE IN THE FIRST ACT PINK AND BLUE WILL BE MARRIED IN THE END HE STICKS TO HER ALL THROUGH AND SHE STICKS TO HIM GIRLS IN YELLOW MAY COME AND GO GIRLS IN GREEN MAY LAUGH AND DANCE THE GENTLEMEN AT PINK HEEDS THEM NOT BLUE IS HIS COLOR AND HE NEVER LEAVES IT HE STANDS BESIDE IT HE SITS BESIDE IT HE DRINKS WITH HER HE SMILES WITH HER HE LAUGHS WITH HER HE DANCES WITH HER AND HE COMES ON WITH HER AND HE GOES OFF WITH HER WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR TALKING HE TALKS TO HER AND ONLY HER AND SHE TALKS TO HIM AND ONLY HIM THUS THERE IS NO JEALOUSY NO QUARRELLING BUT WE SHOULD PREFER AN OCCASIONAL CHANGE OURSELVES THERE ARE NO MARRIED PEOPLE IN STAGE VILLAGES AND NO CHILDREN CONSEQUENTLY OF COURSE HAPPY VILLAGE OH TO DISCOVER IT AND SPEND A MONTH THERE
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