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Chapter XIII

           “Ireallybelieve,”saidhe,“Icouldbefoolenoughatthismomenttoundertakeanycharacterthateverwaswritten,fromShylockorRichardIIIdowntothesingingheroofafarceinhisscarletcoatandcockedhat.IfeelasifIcouldbeanythingoreverything;asifIcouldrantandstorm,orsighorcutcapers,inanytragedyorcomedyintheEnglishlanguage.Letusbedoingsomething.Beitonlyhalfaplay,anact,ascene;whatshouldpreventus?Notthesecountenances,Iamsure,”lookingtowardstheMissBertrams;“andforatheatre,whatsignifiesatheatre?Weshallbeonlyamusingourselves.Anyroominthishousemightsuffice.”

           “Wemusthaveacurtain,”saidTomBertram;“afewyardsofgreenbaizeforacurtain,andperhapsthatmaybeenough.”

           “Oh,quiteenough,”criedMr.Yates,“withonlyjustasidewingortworunup,doorsinflat,andthreeorfourscenestobeletdown;nothingmorewouldbenecessaryonsuchaplanasthis.Formereamusementamongourselvesweshouldwantnothingmore.”

           “Ibelievewemustbesatisfiedwithless,”saidMaria.“Therewouldnotbetime,andotherdifficultieswouldarise.WemustratheradoptMr.Crawford’sviews,andmaketheperformance,notthetheatre,ourobject.Manypartsofourbestplaysareindependentofscenery.”

           “Nay,”saidEdmund,whobegantolistenwithalarm.“Letusdonothingbyhalves.

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