10/20 "Tragic authors should possess that, for they teach it to their audiences. Managers, sir, are like Eastern monarchs, inaccessible but to slaves and sultanas. Do you know I called upon Mr.Rich fifteen times before I could see him ?" "You, madam? Well, now, let me see, fifteen times; you must write twelve more tragedies, and then he will read _one;_ and when he has read it, he will favor you with his judgment upon it; and when you have got that, you will have what all the world knows is not worth a farthing. He! he! he! 'And like the birds, gay Nature's happy commoners, Rifle the sweets'-- mum--mum--mum." Her high spirits made Triplet sadder. |