vocabulary
1 aristocrat 贵族
2 gaoler 监狱长，看守
3 falter 支吾，结巴说
4 cast 选派……扮演角色
5 curtain 幕布
6 eagerly 渴望地，热切地
7 anxious 焦急的，渴望的
8 squint 瞄，眯着（眼）看
9 promptly 迅捷滴，立即地
10 proceed 继续进行
writting
1 One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so many performmances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart.
2 Just then, the gaoler appeared with the precious letter in his hands.
3 In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines night after night.
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