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Miscellaneous People

FURTHER we find the mechanic and the boiler-man, the cleaners, and then, as a rule, an elderly man, known as Mr. Novotny or something of the sort. No one knows why he is there or what is his business, and he usually goes to fetch beer. And then some people in the basement, whom no one has ever seen. And even now I am sure to have forgotten some one or other. For the theatre is a highly complex affair, and as yet it has never been analysed.

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