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Excerpt: ...but I brought two slices of bread; thatll do as well. Youre a knowing old card, said Dolly. Eat a mouthful or two, itll take the smell off, Mrs. Lennox, and the girls rattled down the staircase, arriving on the stage only just in time for their cue. Cue for soldiers entrance, the prompter cried, and on they went, Montgomery taking the music a little quicker than usual till Kate, who was now in the big eight, clean forgot how often she had changed her ring from the left hand to the right. But she did wear it on different hands, and no admirer came up and spoke to her at the stage-door. Dick was there waiting for her; she felt quite safe on his arm, and as soon as they had had a mouthful of supper they began the weekly packing. Next morning it was train and station, station and train, but despite many delays they managed to catch the train, and on Monday night her gracefulness was winning for her new admirers: in every town the company visited she received letters and presents; none succeeded, however, in weakening her love, or persuading her from Dick. Yet lovers around her are sighing, Montgomery chuckled, and Dick began to consider seriously the means to be adopted to secure Kates advancement in her new profession. One night Montgomery returned home with them after the performance, bringing with him the script, and till one in the morning the twain sat together trying to devise some extra lines for the first scene in Les Cloches. The scene, Dick said, is on the seashore. The girls are on their way to market. Supposing she said something like this, eh? "Mr. Baillie, do you like brown eyes and cherry lips?" And then another would reply, "Cherry brandy most like." No, I dont think the public would see the point; you must remember were not playing to a London public. I think wed better have something broader. Well, what? You remember the scene in Chilperic when-- The conversation wandered; and Mr. Diproses version of...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153585309 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153585308 |
| Weight | 0.80 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.55 In |
| List Price | $22.16 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 242 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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