Abstract
This is a passage of a novel written by the famous author Charles Dickens during the great period described in the novel, the end of the nineteenth century.
An adult remembers his experience, his first meeting with the other character when he was a child; so there is a question of remembering.
L.15 "it was not in the first few moments that I saw all these things" There is a mental re-creation of that first meeting because he cannot remember all these details after all these years. Theatricality is an important element in the text. Description of the stage with the decor, the outfits...
What does the word "play" signify here? To play a game? Or to act in the play she is managing?
