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But his jauntiness certainly ebbed a little, and he had to pull his mustache twice before he could face the situation with his customary aplomb. He had not expected to find Otis Pilkington here, and Otis was the last man he wished to meet.
The little laughing mask slipped from Poppy's face, her eyes were two sapphire crescents darting fright under down-dropped lids. There was a look in Dicky's face she did not care for. But Rickman as Maddox had testified was a perfect little gentleman when he was drunk, and at the sight of Pilkington, chivalry, immortal chivalry, leapt in his heart. He became suddenly grave, steady and coherent.
The only ray in the darkness which brooded on his indomitable soul was the thought that it might still be possible, by getting hold of Mr Pilkington before the notices appeared and shaking his head sadly and talking about the misleading hopes which young authors so often draw from an enthusiastic first-night reception and impressing upon him that first-night receptions do not deceive your expert who has been fifteen years in the show-business and mentioning gloomily that he had heard a coupla the critics roastin' the show to beat the band . . . by doing all these things, it might still be possible to depress Mr Pilkington's young enthusiasm and induce him to sell his share at a sacrifice price to a great-hearted friend who didn't think the thing would run a week but was willing to buy as a sporting speculation, because he thought Mr Pilkington a good kid and after all these shows that flop in New York sometimes have a chance on the road.
Mr Pilkington contemplated Miss Pickford, and agreed again. He instanced other stars lesser luminaries, perhaps, but each with her thousands a week. There was no doubt about it a girl's best friend was the movies.
They are round the second turn, going like a whirlwind; yellow and blue are ahead of the others, neck and neck. "'Two to one on yellow! you shout. "'I'll take it! roars Lord Pilkington. "'Two to one on blue! he shouts back. "'Put me down for it! you answer. "They are on the home run. There is a great hubbub, like the roaring of a tornado, as they sweep under the line, yellow ahead.
Some instinct, not wholly selfish, told him that the least said about that the better. Pilkington for the purchase; but that he, Savage Keith Rickman, considered it was only fair to suggest that Mr. Jewdwine or some other member of Sir Frederick Harden's family should have the option of buying it, provided it could be so arranged with Mr. Pilkington.
Let's hear what you base them on. Be coherent for a couple of seconds." Mr Goble filled his depleted lungs. "If you ask me . . ." he began. "We don't," said Wally curtly. "This has nothing to do with you. Well," he went on, "we're waiting to hear what this is all about." Mr Pilkington gulped.
While he sat in the room awaiting the action of the Board, Grogan, one of its members, rose up, and, looking at Pilkington, said in a loud voice, "There's an obnoxious person here present that should not be here, a land-grabber named Pilkington." There was a stir in the room, and Pilkington, standing up, said, "I am here because I have had notice from the Guardians.
We're doing fine. I met poor old Pilkington in the lobby, and he said exactly what you have just said, only at greater length." "Is Mr Pilkington here?" "He appears to have run down on the afternoon train to have a look at the show. He is catching the next train back to New York! Whenever I meet him, he always seems to be dashing off to catch the next train back to New York! Poor chap!
From time to time bursts of laughter came from the billiard-room overhead. Outside there, in the night, the sea smothered these jarring human notes with its own majestic tumult. Rickman, giving up his sickened senses to the night and the sea, was fortunate enough to miss a great deal that Pilkington was saying. For Dicky, still seated at the table, talked on.
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