There was a breaking up of the group, a relaxation of that dramatic tension which the heart-values of the piece had imposed.
Only once, while Merton was doing some of his best acting, had there been a kind of wheezy tittering from certain members of the cast and the group about the cameras.
Baird had quickly suppressed this.

"If there's any kidding in this piece it's all in my part," he announced in cold, clear tones, and there had been no further signs of levity.

Merton was pleased by this manner of Baird's.

It showed that he was finely in earnest in the effort for the worth-while things.

And Baird now congratulated him, seconded by the Montague girl.