became-a

Updated: May 19, 2025

Yet, from what I see of your play, I think you ought not to have lost, Mr. Rugge." The ex-manager started. "What! You knew me before the Storm? before the lightning struck me, as I may say, sir and falling into difficulties, I became-a wreck? You knew me? not of the Company? a spectator?" "As you say a spectator. You had once in your employ an actor clever old fellow.

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - What Will He Do with It? — Volume 10