Ay,
to a niggardly host and more sparing guest:
But
though my cates be mean, take them in good part:
Better
cheer may you have, but not with better heart.
But,
soft! My door is lockt.—Go bid them let us in.
-Antipholus of Ephesus
The Comedy of Errors
Act III, Scene i,
Line 28
This is Antipholus’s reply to Balthazar
who’s said, Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast. They are
standing outside the former’s house and chatting about going inside where
Balthazar will be properly welcomed. No sooner does Antipholus say this, however, then he finds out that the door is locked. Next, he’s going to find out that he will be
refused entrance.
All part of life’s rich pageant.
Here's a house whose door was not lockt to us. To be fair, we paid to get in. One wonder's though, if the original owners, a wealthy Pittsburgh family, were good hosts here offering good cheer with better heart. Or maybe they just stayed home alone and enjoyed the house to themselves? Either way, it's a pretty interesting house, and I certainly wouldn't mind spending some time living there. Assuming, of course, it would be without the constant stream of tourists. I don't think I'd want to live there with a bunch of strangers trooping through all day. Can you imagine?
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