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“
Lots
of
boys
out
,
eh
?
”
“
Yes
,
look
up
Shanahan
.
He
was
just
asking
for
you
a
moment
ago
.
”
It
was
thus
that
the
little
theatre
resounded
to
a
babble
of
successful
voices
,
the
creak
of
fine
clothes
,
the
commonplace
of
good
-
nature
,
and
all
largely
because
of
this
man
’
s
bidding
.
Look
at
him
any
time
within
the
half
hour
before
the
curtain
was
up
,
he
was
a
member
of
an
eminent
group
—
a
rounded
company
of
five
or
more
whose
stout
figures
,
large
white
bosoms
,
and
shining
pins
bespoke
the
character
of
their
success
.
The
gentlemen
who
brought
their
wives
called
him
out
to
shake
hands
.
Seats
clicked
,
ushers
bowed
while
he
looked
blandly
on
.
He
was
evidently
a
light
among
them
,
reflecting
in
his
personality
the
ambitions
of
those
who
greeted
him
.
He
was
acknowledged
,
fawned
upon
,
in
a
way
lionised
Through
it
all
one
could
see
the
standing
of
the
man
.
It
was
greatness
in
a
way
,
small
as
it
was
.
At
last
the
curtain
was
ready
to
go
up
.
All
the
details
of
the
make
-
up
had
been
completed
,
and
the
company
settled
down
as
the
leader
of
the
small
,
hired
orchestra
tapped
significantly
upon
his
music
rack
with
his
baton
and
began
the
soft
curtain
-
raising
strain
.
Hurstwood
ceased
talking
,
and
went
with
Drouet
and
his
friend
Sagar
Morrison
around
to
the
box
.
“
Now
,
we
’
ll
see
how
the
little
girl
does
,
”
he
said
to
Drouet
,
in
a
tone
which
no
one
else
could
hear
.
On
the
stage
,
six
of
the
characters
had
already
appeared
in
the
opening
parlour
scene
.
Drouet
and
Hurstwood
saw
at
a
glance
that
Carrie
was
not
among
them
,
and
went
on
talking
in
a
whisper
.
Mrs
.
Morgan
,
Mrs
.
Hoagland
,
and
the
actor
who
had
taken
Bamberger
’
s
part
were
representing
the
principal
rôles
in
this
scene
.
The
professional
,
whose
name
was
Patton
,
had
little
to
recommend
him
outside
of
his
assurance
,
but
this
at
the
present
moment
was
most
palpably
needed
.
Mrs
.
Morgan
,
as
Pearl
,
was
stiff
with
fright
.
Mrs
.
Hoagland
was
husky
in
the
throat
.
The
whole
company
was
so
weak
-
kneed
that
the
lines
were
merely
spoken
,
and
nothing
more
.
It
took
all
the
hope
and
uncritical
good
-
nature
of
the
audience
to
keep
from
manifesting
pity
by
that
unrest
which
is
the
agony
of
failure
.
Hurstwood
was
perfectly
indifferent
.
He
took
it
for
granted
that
it
would
be
worthless
.
All
he
cared
for
was
to
have
it
endurable
enough
to
allow
for
pretension
and
congratulation
afterward
.
After
the
first
rush
of
fright
,
however
,
the
players
got
over
the
danger
of
collapse
.
They
rambled
weakly
forward
,
losing
nearly
all
the
expression
which
was
intended
,
and
making
the
thing
dull
in
the
extreme
,
when
Carrie
came
in
.
