He knew the aversion a theatrical manager has to read a manuscript play, not recommended by influential folk; an aversion which always has been carried to superstition.

So he hit on the following scheme: He wrote Mr.Rich a letter; in this he told Mr.Rich that he (Triplet) was aware what a quantity of trash is offered every week to a manager, how disheartening it must be to read it at all, and how natural, after a while, to read none.

Therefore, he (Triplet) had provided that Mr.
Rich might economize his time, and yet not remain in ignorance of the dramatic treasure that lay ready to his hand.
"The soul of a play," continued Triplet, "is the plot or fable.

A gentleman of your experience can decide at once whether a plot or story is one to take the public!" So then he drew out, in full, the three plots.

He wrote these plots in verse! Heaven forgive us all, he really did.