She loved theatres, and she enjoyed hearing every word, which was impossible while there was more dialogue in the box than on the stage; also, Aylmer was sitting behind her.
The comic lady now came on; there were shrieks of laughter at her unnecessary and irrelevant green boots and crinoline and Cockney accent.

She proposed to marry the hero, who ran away from her.

There was more chorus; and the curtain fell.
In the interval Vincy arrived.

He and Bruce went into the little salon behind the box.

Lady Everard joined them there.