The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-18
THE INTRODUCTORY PROCESS.

nation of ideas in the heads of both "A.
and c., comes to an abrupt conclusion,
then it may occur to A., just by way OF
doing and saying something, to Introduce
his friend b. TO &.
The inductive process to TINS rash
headlong act of introduction, Is some
| what as follows:--
A.. with b. on his arm, meets G. As
neither G. nor A. have any thing partlc-
ular to do, they stop one another.
A. las if surprised Halo!
c. (without any meaning whatever.)
Halo! Doth smile and shake hands,
b., who has not left AS arm, clings
| to him, as if fearing lest his friend
should be taken away by e.; howbelt
he looks another way, and wishes that
some one would come and say, How
dive do to him, so as to put him on an |
equal footing as it were, with A.
A. (cheerily.) Well--and-how are
you? Eth?
c. with equal cheeriness.) Oh! I'm
all right. (He emphasizes PM pref
ty strongly, as much as to say that there
are some people who are not all right
A. las If much relieved.) All! Well,
that's well. (Smiles patrOnizingly on ~
B., who has been resting himself ON
his right leg changes to his left leg, and
|
had somebody to talk to.
A.. irving to keep up the spirited dia-
Ioore. And-er-so-you're (he is just
going to say, "very well, chi" but pulls
up shOrt.)
e.. feeling the onus of conversation
thrown upon him You're all right, OF
course?
A., resenting the idea that he must
, ,tof coursen be all right: Well-er-
f pretty well. .,an
with him, but still he does not like to
feel the Importance of his existence thus
= lowered before his friend B. b. smiles
~ as if he'd like to join in the CONVERSE
= ton, and begins to think that he'd pet
:. ter walk on, and leave A. to follow.
= C. WelI---er--- looks at Il. as If to asf
=, what the deuce he means by it. is. pre-
y tends to be abstracted in contemplation
- of things in general, and shifts back
. from his left to his right leg.) on,
'rr saw, old fellow. This is said confiden-
= tialiy to A., to show b. on VIVA: init
~ mate terms of friendship they are. b
~ begins to be jealous, and gives up tht
- notion of quitting AS arm.) l. saw
. your cousin the other day.
l., A. (who has fifty or sixty cousins, pre-
~ tends great interest.) Oh! did, yo
fo really? a..
W A. throws in Greatly" to balance tn
,aat sentence, as, of course, G. either did sc
nv q" his cousin really, or he did not at all.
III G. (who has nothing. else to say o
70 the subject.) Yes, / did.
r &c A. without the smallest curiosity
IEs b. shifts from his right to his left lei
az and slightly presses AS arm. Ii SUE
ey denly occurs to A. that B. and c. ougf
eh to know one another. G. is just abol
e to saw 'good-bye,u but hesitates, scein
"a, that A. looks as if he had got sOmethin
n to say. n
se A. Ito CD You know my friend B
rv don't you?
~ Rat6era weak question, as, if he ho
20, known him, he would of course hs
'a spoken to him, unless there were re
~, sons for silence. .
~ ~ c. TRYING to appear interested in RI
i'm moving any such impression from A.
NE mind.) NO-I-er--
rs b. smiles slightly, then suddenly b
"a comes very grave, and looks steadily
n' c., as if waiting for signal to jump
10. him. ;.
No. A. oh! (Affably.) Then let me il
W. troduce you.
w Here A. suddenly becomes bothert
eerr, as to which of the two ought to be mel
:, toned first; whether he shall introdu
~ ~ B. to C. or G. to b.; and feels an inclin
ev ton to pull them forcibly together or
{" double them backwards and forward
az "Mr. B. Mr.. c., Mr.. c. Mr.. b., no
ew Won know one another ~ after the fasl
d. ion supposed to be genteel and CORE
ri, on the stage. G. and B. get him out
the difficulty, by taking off their ha
IA to one another, with grim politenes
during which ceremony A. says quietl
zen as if to himself, and having no sort
Gu. reference to the action, &C. B."-al
IL (: then, as if he had just wound up q co
will pie of wax-work figures, waits to S
ing what will happen next. "- 80 ;.
.ly, b. (glad to get chance OF sayll
ION something.) think we've met befo
ned at-(forgets where 6..-..r., :,
ON C.. (who hasn't the slightest recollt
inc ton of it. )--Ah-at-er-yes, yes
i'm b. quite agrees with linn, and A.
me deIirhted.) Yes. l thought l knt
her your face. s-t, IN.
ng, G. mot particularly pleased, smile
has All! Yes-I-(wants to say Though
we knew your face,n but remembering I'll
Mr.. b. has lust made that observation, alt
OBJ the FORM Yes, thought ia seen
somewhere.
rms NIB. This is very safe remark.
ice, A. (stultifying himself on tne spot.
,in- oh! didn't know you knew one 9
the other. .....- .....
eel c. (pleasantly.) oh, dear yes-and
OF er-(conclusively.) Oh, dear yes-te
ser- ing that he has had quite enough of
WI says suddenly to A. )-Good-bye
and ID, wonders whether he'll say goo
Who bye to him.
rial C. being doubtful as to whether
nfe- ought to shake hands with b., gives
are the point altogether, and shakes han
all with neither Then, going, says to
.ver with nervous sort of laugh, as il the
,nly was some kind of joke in saying it,
ious Goodbye. Delighted to have ma
ear, your--er.-(hurries OIL .r i
ola, r. (speaking at the same moment.
lo.' Delighted to have-er-(goes In the
, ro- posite direction with A.
c. Ito himself, going down the stree
I'm: | wonder what the deuce that fello'
v to name was? .rs.i5t,qs, ,.ut, 81
Nth .(B. to Al Who was that to whom .
v he introduced me? Eth?
= in OF course they won't speak when Il
J are meet again; but of this matter m
vet anon. 4t,n
eed- This is what we have called the G,
ther less Introduction, though, luckily,
II is this instance, unattended by any az
ken ward circumstances. l..---la
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