TOUCHING SCENE
A clever actress was playing Juliet to a crowded house in the country. As she lay dead in the tomb, she contrived to ask Romeo how the scene was going. “Beautifully.” he answered; “ the people in the pit have to put up umbrellas to prevent being drowned by the tears of those in the gallery.”
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1145, 12 September 1882, Page 3
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57TOUCHING SCENE Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1145, 12 September 1882, Page 3
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