94 AU THEATRE DU GRAND GUIGNOL
ha, ha, ha! Shudder, shiver, shake, shriek, do everything
that begins with sh, except hush—and that is Irish, after
all.
Of one thing only do I warn you: from start to finish
there is not a word or a gesture that could shock the
most innocent maiden, or bring a gleam to the eye of
the least hardened roué, or the most expert member of
the Vigilance Society. ‘
This, in a French theatre, is as rare as it is delightful ; 4
and though it is conditioned, like all phenomena, by space,
time, and causality, it is none the less refreshing.?
VLADIMIR SVAREFF, P.L.A.L.
1 The MS. is almost illegible ; the word might be ‘‘ disappointing.”
2 Ditto. ditto. ditto. ‘‘ refrigerating.”