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As it was, with no one in the village apparently who was worth his salt as a felon to teach him, his performance was unconvincing, and Judas became a figure to laugh rather than to shudder at. AS IT WAS WITH NO ONE IN THE VILLAGE APPARENTLY WHO WAS WORTH HIS SORT AS A FELON TO TEACH HIM HIS PERFORMANCE WAS UNCONVINCING AND JUDAS BECAME A FIGURE TO LAUGH RATHER THAN TO SHUDDER AT
who essayed it seemed to have no knowledge or experience of the ways and methods of bad men. There seemed to be no side of his character sufficiently in sympathy with wickedness to enable him to understand and portray it. His amateur attempts at scoundrelism quite irritated me. It sounds conceited to say so, but I am convinced I could have given a much more truthful picture of the blackguard myself. "'Dear, dear me,' I kept on saying under my breath, 'he is doing it all wrong. A downright unmitigated villain would never go on like that; he would do so and so, he would look like this, and speak like that, and act like the other. I know he would. My instinct tells me so.' "This actor was evidently not acquainted with even the rudiments of knavery. I wanted to get up and instruct him in them. I felt that there were little subtleties of rascaldom, little touches of criminality, that I could have put that man up to, which would have transformed his Judas from woodenness into breathing life. UT THE EXEMPLARY HOUSEHOLDER WHO ESSAYED IT SEEMED TO HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERIENCE OF THE WAYS AND METHODS OF BAD MEN THERE SEEMED TO BE NO SIDE OF HIS CHARACTER SUFFICIENTLY IN SYMPATHY WITH WICKEDNESS TO ENABLE HIM TO UNDERSTAND AND PORTRAY IT HIS AMATEUR ATTEMPT AT SCOUNDRELISM QUITE IRRITATED ME IT SOUNDS CONCEITED TO SAY SO BUT I AM CONVINCED I COULD HAVE GIVEN A MUCH MORE TRUTHFUL PICTURE OF THE BLACKGUARD MYSELF DEAR DEAR ME I KEPT ON SAYING UNDER MY BREATH HE IS DOING IT ALL WRONG A DOWNRIGHT UNMITIGATED VILLAIN WOULD NEVER GO ON LIKE THAT HE WOULD DO SO AND SO HE WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS AND SPEAK LIKE THAT AND ACT LIKE THE OTHER I KNOW HE WOULD MY INSTINCT TELLS ME SO THIS ACTOR WAS EVIDENTLY NOT ACQUAINTED WITH EVEN THE RUDIMENTS OF KNAVERY I WANTED TO GET UP AND INSTRUCT HIM IN THEM I FELT THAT THERE WERE LITTLE SUBTLETIES OF RASCALDOM LITTLE TOUCHES OF CRIMINALITY THAT I COULD HAVE PUT THAT MAN UP TO WHICH WOULD HAVE TRANSFORMED HIS JUDAS FROM WOODENNESS INTO BREATHING LIFE
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