Guy Hammersley; or, Clearing his Name — page 80: what you’re looking at

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GUY HAMMERSLEY, a1 CHAPTER XL. AN UNFINISHED SONG, ‘¢ MAGNIFICENT, Superb !” was the colonel’s enthu- Siastic comment when the rehearsal was over, and then he added: ‘‘ Were going to have a splendid house. The advance sale has been something enor- mous. Now don't any of you be seized with stage fright, and we shall score a grand success.” But when they had eaten dinner, and returned to the cheerless region behind the scenes of Brilling’s temple of amusement, not only were Ward and Guy quaking in their shoes, but poor Ruth was almost _ faint with nervousness, and Mrs. Hammersley was in equally bad case from worriment of mind caused by the deplorable condition of her fellow performers. ‘‘'The house is just packed,” Ward turned around from the peep hole in the proscenium arch to inform Guy. ‘‘I don’t see how Starr can get out of giving your mother and my sister a good big generous eighth this time at any rate, as their share of the receipts.” Which shows that Ward Farleigh does not know Colonel Starr as thoroughly as he imagines he does. The programme for the evening after a good deal of discussion had been finally arranged as follows : (ECON MICE ,OO cS (E(0) m