One of these talkers said to him between acts, "You are greatly to blame to shed tears; that actress plays horribly, and the man that plays with her still worse, and the piece itself is still more execrable than the representation. The author does not understand a word of Arabic, and yet he has laid his scene in Arabia, and what is more, he is a fellow who does not believe in innate ideas. Tomorrow I will bring you a score of pamphlets that have been written against him."
Uno de los hypercríticos que junto á el estaban, le dixo en un entre-acto: Hace vm. muy mal en llorar; esa comedianta es malísima, y el que representa con ella peor todavía, y peor la tragedia que los actores: el autor no sabe palabra de arábigo, y ha puesto la escena en la Arabia; sin contar con que es hombre que cree que no hay ideas innatas: mañana le traeré á vm. veinte folletos contra él.