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Chapter 29
TobringoutthecolourofherblueeyesandtoemphasizeherfairhairtheyhaddressedAviceinpaleblue.TocontrastwiththisJuliahadchosenadressofanagreeableyellow.Thisshehadwornatthedressrehearsal.Butshehadorderedanotherdressatthesametime,ofsparklingsilver,andtothesurpriseofMichaelandtheconsternationofAviceitwasinthisthatshemadeherentranceinthesecondact.Itsbrilliance,thewayittookthelight,attractedtheattentionoftheaudience.Avice’sbluelookeddrabbycomparison.WhentheyreachedtheimportantscenetheyweretohavetogetherJuliaproduced,asaconjurerproducesarabbitfromhishat,alargehandkerchiefofscarletchiffonandwiththissheplayed.Shewavedit,shespreaditoutasthoughtolookatit,shescreweditup,shewipedherbrowwithit,shedelicatelyblewhernose.Theaudiencefascinatedcouldnottaketheireyesawayfromtheredrag.AndshemovedupstagesothatAvicetospeaktoherhadtoturnherbackontheaudience,andwhentheyweresittingonasofatogethershetookherhand,inanimpulsivewaythatseemedtothepublicexquisitelynatural,andsittingwellbackherselfforcedAvicetoturnherprofiletothehouse.JuliahadnoticedearlyinrehearsalsthatinprofileAvicehadasheep-likelook.TheauthorhadgivenAvicelinestosaythathadsomuchamusedthecastatthefirstrehearsalthattheyhadallburstoutlaughing.
