17/23 And--his usual tastes don't lie in that direction." "Ah!" observed Mr.Dennie, musingly. "Bad sign, ma'am,--bad sign! Looks as if he had been--shall we say put up to overstudying his part. That's possible! I have known men who were so anxious to be what one calls letter-perfect, Mr.Copplestone, that though they knew their parts, they didn't know how to play them. Fact, sir!" While the old actor was chuckling over this reminiscence, Gilling turned quietly to Mrs.Greyle. "I always have done, though I have said so little--" "Mother!" interrupted Audrey. |