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The power of Gillier's libretto culminated in the last act, which was short, fierce, concentrated, and highly dramatic. In it Enid Mardon had a big acting chance. She and Gillier had become great allies, on account of her admiration of his libretto. Gillier, who had been with her many times during the night, now slipped into the front row of the stalls to watch his divinity.
My office is just close by. You may know my name Lewis Mardon." Peel-Swynnerton hesitated. The hesitation convicted him of not 'knowing his Paris' well. "House-agent," said Lewis Mardon, quickly. "Oh yes," said Peel-Swynnerton, vaguely recalling a vision of the name among the advertisements on newspaper kiosks. "I expect," Mr. Mardon went on, "my name is as well-known as anybody's in Paris."
I know that there is more of it, but all my search for it has been in vain. Possibly some day I may be able to recover it. My friend discontinued his notes for some years, and consequently the concluding portion of them was entirely separate from the earlier portion, and this is the reason, I suppose, why it is missing. Miss Mardon soon followed her father.
He has got to pay back over three years to Crayford with his performance to-night. And we shall have him with us at supper." Charmian moved again, pushed the cushions away from her. "Yes, I've ordered it, a wonderful supper, all the things you and Alston like best." "We'll enjoy it." "Won't we? You sent Miss Mardon the flowers?" "Yes." The telephone sounded.
Mentally I had accused her of slightness, and inability to talk upon the subjects which interested Mardon and myself; but when I knew she had been in torture all the time, my opinion was altered.
A neighbour, who heard me knocking, came out and told me the news. Mardon had had a dispute with his employer, and had gone to London to look for work. Mary had gone to see a relative at some distance, and would remain there until her father had determined what was to be done. I obtained the addresses of both of them, and wrote to Mardon, telling him what my destiny for the present was to be.
The merest hint, one day when he was paying his bill, and he would be beseeching her. But she could not utter the word. Then she began to say openly that she did not feel well, that the house was too much for her, and that the doctor had imperatively commanded rest. She said this to every one except Mardon. And every one somehow persisted in not saying it to Mardon.
The second supply of whiskies was brought into the Lounge by Mr. Mardon's Marie. He smiled on her familiarly, and remarked that he supposed she would soon be going to bed after a hard day's work. She gave a moue and a flounce in reply, and swished out. "Carries herself well, doesn't she?" observed Mr. Mardon, as though Marie had been an exhibit at an agricultural show.
He was capable of foolishness, but he was also capable of wisdom, and scarcely any pressure of need would have induced him to write home for money to replace the money spent on making himself into a fool. Mr. Mardon was conscious of a check. But, being of an accommodating disposition, he at once tried another direction. "Good food here, eh?" he suggested.
On the day when Charmian was expected to see Susan Fleet she had just come from an afternoon rehearsal which had gone well. Gillier had been almost savagely delighted with the performance of Enid Mardon, who sang and acted the rôle of the heroine.
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