_MS._, "John Thurtell".

{185} _MS._, "Bartlett".

{187} _MS._, "Saviour".

{190} _MS._, "High Tory principles".

{201} _MS._, "_Arden_" throughout.

{210} The _MS._ develops this paragraph as follows:--

So Francis Ardry called upon me, and right glad I was that he did so; and
after we had sat conversing for some time, he said, "Did you ever see
Kean?"

"No," said I, "but I have heard both of him and of Belcher. I should
like to see either, especially the latter. Where are they to be found?"

"I know nothing of the latter," said Frank, "but if you wish to see Kean,
you had better come with me where he will appear to-night after a long
absence. The public are anxiously waiting for him, intending to pelt him
off the stage."

"And what has he done," said I, "to be pelted off the stage?"

"What is very naughty," said Frank; "breaking one of the commandments."

"And did he break the commandment on the stage?"

"No," said Frank, "I never heard that he broke it on the stage, except in
the way of his profession."

"Then, what have the public to do with the matter?"

"They think they have," said Frank.

And then we went out together to see Shakespeare's "Richard," or rather
we went to see the man who was to personate Shakespeare's "Richard"--and
so did thousands; we did not see him, however. There was a great tumult,
I remember, in the theatre. The man who was to perform the part of
Richard, and who it was said was the best hand for interpreting the
character that had ever appeared on the stage, had a short time before
been involved in a disgraceful affair, and this was to be his first
appearance on the stage since the discovery. The consequence was that
crowds flocked to the theatre with the firm intention of expressing their
indignation. "We will pelt his eyes out," said a man who sat beside me
in the pit--for we sat in the pit--and who bore the breach of all the
commandments in his face. The actor in question, however, who perhaps
heard the threats which were vented against him, very prudently kept out
of the way, and the manager coming forward informed the public that
another would perform the part--whereupon there was a great uproar. "We
have been imposed upon," said the individual who sat beside me. "I came
here for nothing else than to pelt that scoundrel off the stage." The
uproar, however, at length subsided, and the piece commenced. In a
little time there was loud applause. The a