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1st Every Action done in Company, ought to be with Some Sign of Respect, to those that are Present. 2d When in Company, put not your Hands to any Part of the Body, not usualy Discovered. 3d Shew Nothing to your Freind that may affright him. 4 In the Presence of Others Sing not to yourself with a humming Noise, nor Drum with your Fingers or Feet. 5th If You Cough, Sneeze, Sigh, or Yawn, do it not Loud but Privately; and Speak not in your Yawning, but put Your handkercheif or Hand before your face and turn aside. 6th Sleep not when others Speak, Sit not when others stand, Speak not when you Should hold your Peace, walk not on when others Stop. 7th Put not off your Cloths in the presence of Others, nor go out your Chamber half Drest. 8th At Play and at Fire its Good manners to Give Place to the last Commer, and affect not to Speak Louder than Ordinary. 9th Spit not in the Fire, nor Stoop low before it neither Put your Hands into the Flames to warm them, nor Set your Feet ...

 (Huis Clos)   A PLAY IN ONE ACT CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY VALET GARCIN ESTELLE INEZ Huis Clos (No Exit) was presented for the first time at the Theatre du Vieux-Colombier, Paris, in May 1944. SCENE A drawing-room in Second Empire style. A massive bronze ornament stands on the mantelpiece. GARCIN [enters, accompanied by the ROOM-VALET, and glances around him]: Hm! So here we are? VALET: Yes, Mr. Garcin. GARCIN: And this is what it looks like? VALET. Yes. GARCIN: Second Empire furniture, I observe. . . Well, well, I dare say one gets used to it in time. VALET. Some do. Some don't. GARCIN Are all the other rooms like this one? VALET. How could they be? We cater for all sorts: Chinamen and Indians, for instance. What use would they have for a Second Empire chair? GARCIN: And what use do you suppose I have for one? Do you know who I was?. . . Oh, well, it's no great matter. And, to tell the truth, I had quite a habit o...