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           Pleasuredancedinhereyesandonherlips,andassheshoneonhimbetweenthecandle-shadesDarrowfeltthatheshouldnotbeatallsorrytobeseenwithherinpublic.Heevensentacarelessglanceabouthiminthevaguehopethatitmightfallonanacquaintance.

           Atthetheatrehervivacitysankintoabreathlesshush,andshesatintentinhercorneroftheirbaignoire,withthegazeofaneophyteabouttobeinitiatedintothesacredmysteries.Darrowplacedhimselfbehindher,thathemightcatchherprofilebetweenhimselfandthestage.Hewastouchedbytheyouthfulseriousnessofherexpression.Inspiteoftheexperiencesshemusthavehad,andofthetwenty-fouryearstowhichsheowned,shestruckhimasintrinsicallyyoung;andhewonderedhowsoevanescentaqualitycouldhavebeenpreservedinthedesiccatingMurrettair.Astheplayprogressedhenoticedthatherimmobilitywastraversedbyswiftflashesofperception.Shewasnotmissinganything,andherintensityofattentionwhenCerdinewasonthestagedrewananxiouslinebetweenherbrows.

           Afterthefirstactsheremainedforafewminutesraptandmotionless;thensheturnedtohercompanionwithaquickpatterofquestions.Hegatheredfromthemthatshehadbeenlessinterestedinfollowingthegeneraldriftoftheplaythaninobservingthedetailsofitsinterpretation.Everygestureandinflectionofthegreatactress’shadbeenmarkedandanalyzed;andDarrowfeltasecretgratificationinbeingappealedtoasanauthorityonthehistrionicart.

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