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He dropped in his chair again as if exhausted by the vehemence of his words and the emotion which prompted them. Thoroughgood contemplated him sourly. "You prate like a play-actor," he snarled. Halfman's whole being flashed into activity again. He was no more a sentimentalist but now a roaring ranter. "Because I was a play-actor once," he shouted, "when I was a sweet-and-twenty youngling."
It had been her cherished ambition to see Charlie an upright, prosperous merchant; and now that his prospects were brightening, and a situation was provided for him, that he should be only a painter! She had a very low opinion of artists, as a class, and she would almost as soon have expected Charlie to become a play-actor, or a circus-rider.
Goethe, who figures as some absurd high-stalking hollow play-actor, or empty ornamental clock-case of an "Artist" so-called, in the Tale of the Onyx Ring, was in the throne of Sterling's intellectual world before all was done; and the theory of "Goethe's want of feeling," want of &c. &c. appeared to him also abundantly contemptible and forgettable.
The action was trifling in the extreme, but it was performed by a play-actor who knew his business, and Aunt Charlotte felt as though cold water were running down her back. Then he turned, quite beautifully, to Austin. "And you, young gentleman. And what have you to say?" he asked in a carefully choking voice.
He scarce stayed to give a glance at the Van der Werf's papers, though Captain Cornelisz was ready for him with the wrong set. "I guess," says he, "you'll spare yourself the trouble to pretend you ain't a Dutchman"; and when the skipper flung his arms about and began to jabber like a play-actor, 'twas "All right, Mynheer; we'll talk about that at Falmouth.
"The Reverend Father was watching the Horse, Foot, and Artillery, pelting down the hill on top o you." "I've been watching em too," replied the other. "And sorry I am I shan't be here to entertain em I've a soft place for the soldiers myself. But I'm just off for a day on the water. A pretty morning!" "Yes; as pretty a morning to hang a play-actor on as ever I saw." The other waved a hand.
Hows'ever, `it's all well that ends well, as I once heard a play-actor say." "But it's not ended yet," said Gildart with decision. "How so, lad?" "You've got to pay up your bet." Haco's brow became a little clouded. The bet had been taken more than half in joke, for he was not given to betting in earnest; but he was too proud to admit this on finding that Gildart took it in earnest.
"Ah, the play-actor!" said he, with a gleam of his teeth and a toss of his curls, while his second hand, like Mr. Rassendyll's, rested in the pocket of his coat. Mr. Rassendyll himself has confessed that in old days it went against the grain with him when Rupert called him a play-actor. He was a little older now, and his temper more difficult to stir. "Yes, the play-actor," he answered, smiling.
"You don't share the responsibility for it," said Rudolf, smiling. "I make my little protest. But what's your business, play-actor? For I think you're rather tiresome." Rudolf grew grave. He advanced towards the table, and spoke in low, serious tones. "My lord, you're alone in this matter now. Rischenheim is a prisoner; your rogue Bauer I encountered last night and broke his head." "Ah, you did?"
Nature in the place of Artificiality, Originality in the place of Conventionality, had triumphed on the stage once more. Consternation reigned in the home at Lichfield when the news arrived that brother David had become a play-actor; but ultimately the family were reconciled to such degradation by the substantial results of the experiment. Such reconcilements are not uncommon.
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