Show it if what sir mr barrie the writer s says AYR or of his sensations while composing composing Is ti true uc we are glad that lie does not arile in public lie ile says it Is my contemptible weakness that if I 1 say it a cha character d vacuously I 1 must smile vacuously if lie frowns or leers I 1 frown n or 01 leer it if lie he Is it coward or given to contortion I 1 cringe or twist my legs lint until I 1 have to stop vi writing to undo tile the knot or I 1 bow with him cat with him and gnaw my mustache with him it if the character be a lady with an exquisite laugh I 1 suddenly terrify you by laughing ex this is awful and aai we cannot but think the gifted ruthal Is poking fun full at mr II ll who laid bare his throes of composition to tho the readers of the ladles home journal |