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           Ihaveheardabrotherofthestory-tellingtrade,atNaples,preachingtoapackofgood-for-nothinghonestlazyfellowsbythesea-shore,workhimselfupintosucharageandpassionwithsomeofthevillainswhosewickeddeedshewasdescribingandinventing,thattheaudiencecouldnotresistit;andtheyandthepoettogetherwouldburstoutintoaroarofoathsandexecrationsagainstthefictitiousmonsterofthetale,sothatthehatwentround,andthebajocchitumbledintoit,inthemidstofaperfectstormofsympathy.

           AtthelittleParistheatres,ontheotherhand,youwillnotonlyhearthepeopleyellingout"Ahgredin!Ahmonstre:"andcursingthetyrantoftheplayfromtheboxes;buttheactorsthemselvespositivelyrefusetoplaythewickedparts,suchasthoseofinfamesAnglais,brutalCossacks,andwhatnot,andprefertoappearatasmallersalary,intheirrealcharactersasloyalFrenchmen.Isetthetwostoriesoneagainsttheother,sothatyoumayseethatitisnotfrommeremercenarymotivesthatthepresentperformerisdesiroustoshowupandtrouncehisvillains;butbecausehehasasincerehatredofthem,whichhecannotkeepdown,andwhichmustfindaventinsuitableabuseandbadlanguage.

           Iwarnmy"kyindfriends,"then,thatIamgoingtotellastoryofharrowingvillainyandcomplicatedbut,asItrust,intenselyinterestingcrime.Myrascalsarenomilk-and-waterrascals,Ipromiseyou

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