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No he had tried all kinds: comedy, tragedy, prose and verse, the light curtain-raiser, the short sharp drama, the bourgeois-realistic and the lyrical-romantic finally deciding that he would no longer "prostitute his talent" to win popularity, but would impose on the public his own theory of art in the form of five acts of blank verse.
'One pound a performance is my notion, he answered. 'I never give more than ten shillings a night for a curtain-raiser, said Mr. Pilgrim ultimatively, 'Never. I can't afford to. 'I'm afraid that settles it, then, Mr. Pilgrim, said Henry. 'You'll take ten shillings? 'I'll take a pound. I can't take less. I'm like you, I can't afford to.
You drain your coffee to the dregs; gaze pityingly on those rushing in to snap up a breakfast before the 8 o'clock leaves for New York, pay your check, and saunter out to the train. It is 7:43. This, to be sure, is only the curtain-raiser to the pleasures to follow. This has been a physical and carnal pleasure. Now follow delights of the mind.
Looking like a child who delights in the rhythm of meaningless sounds, she heard him through, then exclaimed with breathless delight, "Oh, ain't he fluid!" The man fled, but not before he had asked Sada for two dances at night. It is like a funny little curtain-raiser, with jealousy as a gray-haired Cupid. So far as Sada is concerned, it is admiration gone to waste.
Unfortunately for the success of Larry's enterprise, he also stood before the curtain-raiser a broad, sturdy man, in rough miner's costume whose back was turned towards him, but whose surprised visage instantly faced him on hearing the muffled noise caused by his entry. There was a burly negro also in the place, seated on a small stool, who looked at him with unqualified astonishment.
My greatest book never got half as much notice as a wretched little curtain-raiser which took me a morning to knock off, and the news of which was flashed from China to Peru immediately, whereas the eulogies of my book were dribbled out in monthly instalments, and belated testimonials kept straggling in long after its successor had been published.
Girls glanced at him as they swung past in their partners' arms, noticing how tense was the look on the brown face, and how the straight eyebrows even blacker than the smooth dark hair were drawn together in expectant concentration. Suddenly the door opened. The curtain-raiser was over. The drama of the evening was about to begin.
I shall not remain here; some one will be looking for blood. What do you say?" "I don't know," said Maurice, thoughtfully. He was thinking of Mademoiselle of the Veil and her prophecy of ravens. "I don't know that I shall be able. It is my opinion that your part in the affair is only a curtain-raiser to graver things. Every one of importance in town goes about with an air of expectancy.
"It isn't as if you hadn't tried all kinds." No he had tried all kinds: comedy, tragedy, prose and verse, the light curtain-raiser, the short sharp drama, the bourgeois-realistic and the lyrical-romantic finally deciding that he would no longer "prostitute his talent" to win popularity, but would impose on the public his own theory of art in the form of five acts of blank verse.
"The court drew a long breath; you could hear it. Everybody settled himself down nice and comfortably. The curtain-raiser was over, and very nice too; now for the drama. "They got it." "Look here, get the hang of the thing. Get a bearing on some of these people.
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