Grave, - I mean drawer, - I saw what I had done. ‘And,’ wrote one of the critics, ‘he shall have it: Murder in the first degree.’ No, I helped to slay them by joining in the modern theatrical renaissance, and preaching from coast to coast the gospel of better plays. I was not at all like the amateur who once acted Hamlet at Wallack’s Theatre in New York because, he announced, he wished a verdict. Nor do I mean that I helped to slay them by acting in them, for I was an excellent actor, being applauded by all the Congregationalists in the audience as well as by the people of my own church. But on top, piled rank on rank, were the plays the firm published when I was young, and at sight of them I sorrowed, sorrowed for what I had helped to slay. They, however, caused me no wistful regrets. And in these steel drawers, deep at the bottoms, were the plays it published then.
This firm published plays for amateurs when your father and mine were young. The firm name on the outer door is a famous one, and has been famous for two or three generations. These graves were large steel filing-cabinet drawers, ranged along one side of a spacious room devoted to the sale of plays to amateurs. "We over-achieved in the first three weekends and it was very cold yesterday and we were behind where we deserved to be.Do reformers, I wonder, ever feel regret for the evils they have abolished? Did Saint George, in his later years, come to speak of the dragon with a hint of affection in his tone? I am prompted to ask because I have recently gazed, with wistful memories awaked, upon the graves of things I had my humble share in killing - and slaughtered with a will. Clearly, it has been a difficult weekend for us. "Strategy will be the key for us to move up the grid. "The car is faster, but there is only one overtaking opportunity here. "It wasn't long enough for any tyre degradation so we have work to do," he said. Friday was all about the first lap and then it was red-flagged and we weren't able to make it into Q3 and it was so frustrating." Russell said it had been a tricky and processional race on Saturday. "It was just a degree of frustration that we are not able to generate the grip in the first lap.
"We were just so angry about the session overall and he vented at me, I vented at him, but it was absolutely about the same thing. It doesn't get any closer than the two of us are. But Wolff said: "There was no disagreement at all. Hamilton refused to elaborate on the episode and said it was all "internal stuff". In a session interrupted by five red flags, which saw the team fail to qualify a car in the top ten for the first time in a decade, the pair were seen locked in an angry confrontation.
Earlier Saturday, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff had explained how he and Hamilton had "vented at each other" during Friday's rainswept qualifying. "We have to stick together, motivate everyone and keep our heads down and work hard," added Hamilton. "We are all working hard and there are a lot of people in the team who have been here for 20 years - so it's not new for them." The two Mercedes drivers had on Friday failed to reach the top-ten shootout in qualifying, the first time this had happened to the team since 2012. That's all we can hope for," admitted Hamilton. "We are obviously not fighting for the championship this year - first of all we have to understand this car and improve and make some progress through the year. The seven-time champion was unable to make any progress through the field as he and Russell struggled for pace and performance in the 21-lap contest won by world champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull. IMOLA (Italy): Lewis Hamilton admitted defending champions Mercedes have no hope of defending their title this year after he finished 14th, three places behind his team-mate George Russell, in Saturday's sprint race at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.