[Lands of the Slave and the Free by Henry A. Murray]@TWC D-Link bookLands of the Slave and the Free CHAPTER XI 14/31
She did not appear in the character of "bowie-knifing a policeman at Berlin;" and of course she omitted some scenes said to have taken place during interviews with the king, and in which her conduct might not have been considered, strictly speaking, quite correct.
She obtained further notoriety after my departure, by kicking and cuffing a prompter, and calling the proprietor a d--d scoundrel, a d--d liar, and a d--d thief, for which she was committed for trial.
I may as well mention here, that the theatre was well attended by ladies.
This fact must satisfy every unprejudiced mind how utterly devoid of foundation is the rumour of the ladies of America putting the legs of their pianofortes in petticoats, that their sensitive delicacy may not receive too rude a shock.
Besides the theatres here, there is also an opera, the music of which, vocal and instrumental, is very second-rate.
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