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           "Iknowallaboutthat.Thepublicarealotofjackasses.Ifyouyellandscreamandthrowyourselfaboutyou’llalwaysgetalotofdamnedfoolstoshoutthemselvessilly.Justbarnstorming,*that’swhatyou’vebeendoingthelastfournights.Itwasfalsefrombeginningtoend."

           "False?ButIfelteverywordofit."

           "Idon’tcarewhatyoufelt,youweren’tactingit.Yourperformancewasamess.Youwereexaggerating;youwereover-acting;youdidn’tcarryconvictionforamoment.ItwasaboutasrottenapieceofhamactingasI’veeverseeninmylife."

           "Youbloodyswine,howdareyoutalktomelikethat?It’syoutheham."

           Withheropenhandshegavehimagreatswingingblowontheface.Hesmiled.

           "Youcanhitme,youcanswearatme,youcanyellyourheadoff,butthefactremainsthatyouracting’sgonealltohell.I’mnotgoingtostartrehearsingNowadayswithyouactinglikethat."

           "FindsomeonewhocanactthepartbetterthanIcanthen."

           "Don’tbesilly,Julia.Imaynotbeaverygoodactormyself,IneverthoughtIwas,butIknowgoodactingfrombad.Andwhat’smorethere’snothingaboutyouIdon’tknow.I’mgoingtoputupthenoticesonSaturdayandthenIwantyoutogoabroad.We’llmakeNowadaysourautumnproduction."

           Thequiet,decisivewayinwhichhespokecalmedher.ItwastruethatwhenitcametoactingMichaelkneweverythingtherewastoknowabouther.

           "ItistruethatI’mactingbadly?"

           "Rottenly."

           Shethoughtitover.Sheknewexactlywhathadhappened.