Her eyes brightened, for if there was anything that enlisted her sympathies it was the art of the stage.

True to his nature, Drouet clung to this idea as an easy way out.
"That's nothing.

You can act all you have to down there." "No, I can't," said Carrie weakly, very much drawn toward the proposition and yet fearful.
"Yes, you can.

Now, why don't you do it?
They need some one, and it will be lots of fun for you." "Oh, no, it won't," said Carrie seriously.
"You'd like that.

I know you would.