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           MichaelwantedtoopenwiththenewplayearlyinSeptember,andrehearsalsweretostartinAugust.ShehadbroughttheplaywithhertoSt.Malo,intendingtostudyherpart,butthecircumstancesinwhichshelivedhadmadeitimpossible.Shehadalltheleisuresheneeded,butinthatgrey,austereandyetsnuglittletown,intheconstantcompanyofthosetwooldladieswhoseinterestswereconfinedtotheparishchurchandtheirhouseholdaffairs,thoughitwasagoodplay,shecouldtakebutlittleinterestinit.

           "It’shightimeIwasgettingback,"shesaid."ItwouldbehellifIreallycametotheconclusionthatthetheatrewasn’tworththefussandbothertheymakeaboutit."

           Shesaidgood-byetohermotherandtoAuntCarrie.Theyhadbeenverykindtoher,butshehadaninklingthattheywouldnotbesorrywhenherdepartureallowedthemtoreturntothelifeshehadinterrupted.Theywerealittlerelievedbesidestoknowthatnowtherewasnomoredangerofsomeeccentricity,suchasyoumustalwaysruntheriskofwithanactress,whichmightarousetheunfavourablecommentoftheladiesofSt.Malo.

           ShearrivedinParisintheafternoon,andwhenshewasshownintohersuiteattheRitz,shegaveasighofsatisfaction.Itwasatreattogetbacktoluxury.Threeorfourpeoplehadsentherflowers.Shehadabathandchanged.CharleyDeverill,whoalwaysmadeherclothesforher,anoldfriend,calledtotakehertodinnerintheBois