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(Excerpt): \"Once upon a time, I wrote a little story of a woman who was crushed to death by a python. A day or two after its publication, a friend stopped me in the street. âCharming little story of yours,â he said, âthat about the woman and the snake; but itâs not as funny as some of your things!â The next week, a newspaper, referring to the tale, remarked, âWe have heard the incident related before with infinitely greater humour. With thisâand many similar experiencesâin mind, I wish distinctly to state that âJohn Ingerfield,â âThe Woman of the Sæter,â and âSilhouettes,â are not intended to be amusing. The two other itemsââVariety Patter,â and âThe Lease of the Cross KeysââI give over to the critics of the new humour to rend as they will; but âJohn Ingerfield,â âThe Woman of the Sæter,â and âSilhouettes,â I repeat, I should be glad if they would judge from some other standpoint than that of humour, new or old.\" |
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