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1、TheRoseandtheRingTheRoseandtheRingbyWilliamMakepeaceThackeray1TheRoseandtheRingPRELUDEIthappenedthattheundersignedspentthelastChristmasseasoninaforeigncitywherethereweremanyEnglishchildren.Inthatcity,ifyouwantedtogiveachild'sparty,youcouldnotevengetamagic-lanternorbuyTwelfth-Nightcharacters--those
2、funnypaintedpicturesoftheKing,theQueen,theLover,theLady,theDandy,theCaptain,andsoon--withwhichouryoungonesarewonttorecreatethemselvesatthisfestivetime.MyfriendMissBunch,whowasgovernessofalargefamilythatlivedinthePianoNobileofthehouseinhabitedbymyselfandmyyoungcharges(itwasthePalazzoPoniatowskiatRo
3、me,andMessrs.Spillmann,twoofthebestpastrycooksinChristendom,havetheirshoponthegroundfloor):MissBunch,Isay,beggedmetodrawasetofTwelfth-Nightcharactersfortheamusementofouryoungpeople.Sheisaladyofgreatfancyanddrollimagination,andhavinglookedatthecharacters,sheandIcomposedahistoryaboutthem,whichwasrec
4、itedtothelittlefolksatnight,andservedasourFIRESIDEPANTOMIME.OurjuvenileaudiencewasamusedbytheadventuresofGiglioandBulbo,RosalbaandAngelica.IamboundtosaythefateoftheHallPortercreatedaconsiderablesensation;andthewrathofCountessGruffanuffwasreceivedwithextremepleasure.Ifthesechildrenarepleased,though
5、tI,whyshouldnotothersbeamusedalso?InafewdaysDr.Birch'syoungfriendswillbeexpectedtoreassembleatRodwellRegis,wheretheywilllearneverythingthatisuseful,andundertheeyesofcarefulusherscontinuethebusinessoftheirlittlelives.But,inthemeanwhile,andforabriefholiday,letuslaughandbeaspleasantaswecan.Andyouelde
6、rfolk--alittlejoking,anddancing,andfoolingwilldoevenyounoharm.TheauthorwishesyouamerryChristmas,andwelcomesyoutotheFiresidePantomime.W.M.THACKERAY.December1854.2TheRoseandtheRingI.SHOWSHOWTHEROYALFAMILYSATEDOWNTOBREAKFASTThisisValorosoXXIV.,KingofPaflagonia,seatedwithhisQueenandonlychildattheirroy
7、albreakfast-table,andreceivingtheletterwhichannouncestoHisMajestyaproposedvisitfromPrinceBulbo,heirofPadella,reigningKingofCrimTartary.Remarkthedelightuponthemonarch'sroyalfeatures.Heissoabsorbedintheperusalofthe
