You know how a play in dialect is. At the first act, you think, "How quaint!"; at the second act, you wish… — Dorothy Parker
You know how a play in dialect is. At the first act, you think, "How quaint!"; at the second act, you wish they would either stop using dialect or keep quiet; and at the third act, you wish you hadn't come. And Tillie, may I mention in passing, has four acts. p. 64
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