From: Sarah Creech (JACreech1@AOL.COM)
Date: Tue Nov 23 1999 - 10:04:10 PST
Thanks so much for your reply. My daughter, Sarah, is performing in a production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL and the question about the expression "hard as the dickens" came up. We thought perhaps it was referring to the hard life Charles Dickens had as a boy working in the blacking factory. I'll pass on your comment to the rest of the cast. Janice