9/26 'It was at a performance of _Frou-Frou_.' 'I remember quite well,' said he. 'I was rather struck with the play.' 'I have been reading it lately.' Drake started at the significant tone in which the words were spoken. 'What impressed me was that scene at Venice, where Gilberte and De Valreas read over the list of plays in the Paris newspapers, and realise what they have thrown away, and for how little. It seemed to me the saddest scene I had ever witnessed.' 'Yes,' interposed Clarice quickly. 'But because Paris and its theatres meant so much to them. |