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She crossed the interlying churchyard, and made her way along the High
Street impatiently; and, reaching the railway bookstall, bought a copy
of the current issue. It was with difficulty she restrained herself
from opening it on the platform, but she waited until she had turned
down the little lane at the station's side, and reached the gate where
the coal-trucks came to an end and a patch of green began. She doubted
whether the company would be touring so long, but the paper would
tell her something of his doings anyhow. She ran her eye eagerly down
the titles headed "On the Road." No, _The Foibles_ evidently was not
out now. Had the tour broken up for good, she wondered, or was there
merely a vacation? She could quickly learn by Tony's professional card.
How well she knew the sheet! The sheet! she knew the column, its very
number in the column--knew it followed "Farrell" and came before "de
Vigne." She even recalled the week when he had abandoned the cheaper
advertisements in alphabetical order; he had been cast for a part in a
production. She remembered she had said,
"Now you're going to create," and, laughing, he had answered, "Oh, I
must have half a crown's worth 'to create'!" He had been lying on the
sofa--how it all came back to her! What was he doing now? She found the
place in an instant:
"MR. SEATON CAREW,
RESTING,
Assumes direction of Miss Olive Westland's Tour, Aug. 4th.
See 'Companies' page."
They were married! She could not doubt it. "Oh," she muttered, "how he
has walked over me, that man! For the sake of two or three thousand
pounds, just for the sake of her money!" She sought weakly for the
company advertisement referred to, but the paragraphs swam together,
and it was several minutes before she could find it. Yes, here it
was: "_The Foibles of Fashion_ and Répertoire, opening August 4th."
_Camille_, eh? She laughed bitterly. He was going to play Armand;
he had always wanted to play Armand; now he could do it! "Under the
direction of Mr. Seaton Carew. Artists respectfully informed the
company is complete. All communications to be addressed: Mr. Seaton,
Carew, Bath Hotel, Bournemouth." Oh, my God!
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