Ivor! Think again.

Do you want me to go mad ?" "I will think," I said, trying to speak reassuringly.

"Give me a moment--a quiet moment--" "A quiet moment," she repeated, bitterly, "when for me each second is an hour! It's late, and this is the night of my new play.

Soon, I must be at the theatre, for the make-up and dressing of this part for the first act are a heavy business.

I don't want all Paris to know that Maxine de Renzie has been ruined by her enemies.