By heart
The curtain went up on the final act of the play. We could see the aristocrat sitting alone in his dark cell. Just then, the geoler came on to the stage with a letter in his hands. He walked into the cell and handed the letter to the prisoner who was supposed to read it. The letter had not been written out in full as usual. It was just a blank sheet of paper, for the geoler played a joke on his fellow actor. He wanted to see whether his colleagues, after so many performances, had learnt his liners by heart. The aristocrat stared at the letter for a few seconds, squinting his eyes and said:’ the light is very dim. Read the letter to me.’ Then he passed the letter to the geoler. Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the geoler said:’ The light is indeed dim. I have to get my glasses.’ With this, the geoler hurried off the stage and returned with a pair of glass, holding the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.
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By heart
The curtain went up on the final act of the play. We could see the aristocrat sitting alone in his dark cell. Just then, the gaoler came on to the stage with a letter in his hands. He walked into the cell and handed the letter to the prisoner who was supposed to read it. The letter had not been written out in full as was usual. It was just a blank sheet of paper, for the gaoler had played a joke on his fellow actor. He wanted to see whether his colleagues, after so many performances, had learnt his liners by heart. The aristocrat stared at the letter for a few seconds, squinting his eyes and said: "The light is very dim. Read the letter to me." Then he passed the letter to the gaoler. Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler said:’ The light is indeed dim. I have to get my glasses.’ With this, the gaoler hurried off the stage and returned with a pair of glasses, holding the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.
gaoler: or "jalier", depending on if you write "gaol" or "jail".
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By heart
The curtain went up on the final act of the play. We could see the aristocrat sitting alone in his dark cell. Just then, the gaoler came on to the stage with a letter in his hand. He walked into the cell and handed the letter to the prisoner who was supposed to read it. The letter had not been written out in full as usual, it was just a blank sheet of paper. For the gaoler had played a joke on his fellow actor. He wanted to see whether his colleague, after so many performances, had learnt his lines off by heart. The aristocrat stared at the letter for a few seconds, squinting his eyes, and said; "The light is very dim. Read the letter to me." Then he passed the letter to the gaoler. Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler said; "The light is indeed dim. I have to get my glasses.". With this, the gaoler hurried off stage and returned with a pair of glasses, holding the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.
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