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THE COUNTRY INN:

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ACT I.

SCENE I. The kitchen of a Country Inn: David and Jenkins discovered sitting by the fire-side.

DAVID.

John Thomson, says I, why do you put yourself into a passion? an angry man, says I, John, may be compared to three things.

JENKINS.

Yaw! yaw! (yawning very wide) how thick that snow falls! (looking to the window.)

DAVID.

Well, well! let it fall as thick as it pleases!—To three things, John. In the first place, in respect that he is very hot and very restless and all that, he may be compared to the boiling of a pot——no, no! that was the third thing.

JENKINS.

Never mind, man, put it first this time for a variety.