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But she had no time to study ways and means for sending a message to him, either through Sholto, her father, who always waited patiently for her behind the scenes, or through Paul Zouche, who, though as librettist of the opera, and as a poet of new and rising fame, was treated by everyone with the greatest deference, still made a special point of appearing in the shabbiest clothes, and lounging near the side-wings like a sort of disgraced tramp all the time the performance was in progress.
That where the doors of entrance now are, there formerly stood two additional side-wings, in front to a full set of scenes, which had then almost a double effect in their loftiness and magnificence.
The book-cases on the walls held old college classics and law-books underneath, and above a miscellaneous literary library, of which the main bulk was French, while the side-wings, so to speak, had that tempting miscellaneous air here a patch of German, there an island of Italian; on this side rows of English poets, on the other an abundance of novels of all languages which delights the fond heart of the book-lover.
The side-wings of the Hospital, built of red brick faced with stone, and darkened by age, are 360 feet in length and four stories in height. Each story contains one ward, which runs the whole length of the wing. The wide, shallow old staircase, the high doors, the wainscot, are all of oak coloured by age.
And there also arose, O king, the noise of neighing steeds and grunting elephants, and the fierce clatter of car-wheels. There, the two heroes, viz., Karna and the son of Pandu, excited with wrath at sight of each other, and both firmly resolved, stood or careered, O king, through their respective divisions. From the wings and the side-wings of both, warriors desirous of battle came forth.
He fell as he struck the stage; but quickly recovering himself, sprang through the side-wings and escaped from the theatre by a rear door. At the moment of the assassination a single actor, Mr. Hawk, was on the stage.
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