e corner of Manet's
garret. The action was held up while it was restored to him, but he put
it on so hastily that he lost it once or twice during the scene. It kept
his mind off his lines, rather. The moment came when the striking
resemblance between D'Arnay and Carton is pointed out by Lucy. Tommy
Page--plump, short, red-haired, with freckles--and Teddy Horton--tall,
gangling, half a head taller than his double--stood side by side facing
the audience.

Up to this moment a certain restraint had marked that body, but at this
sight they went into uncontrolled spasms of delight. Martin Christiansen,
dramatic critic, was seen to wipe tears of joy from his cheeks. The actors
were spurred to renewed efforts.

Carton declared his eternal devotion to Lucy, in words that were
scarcely Dickensian.

"I like you, Lucy; you're all right. I'll stick to you for ever," he
improvised frantically.

The marriage scene between Lucy and D'Arnay ran something like this.
D'Arnay, very accurate in his lines, remarks to Dr. Manet:

"Dr. Manet, I love your daughter--fondly, dearly. You loved once
yourself; let your old love speak for me!"

Dr. Manet's lines escaped him, so he replied informally:

"Oh--all right."

Whereupon the bridal procession entered, with Isabelle as climax, in her
mother's best tulle scarf as a veil.

The scene once more shifted to Paris. D'Arnay was arrested, and
resisted. It took the entire company to overpower and drag him forth to
the Bastille.

A bit of unequalled histrionism followed in which Isabelle entered as
Lucy, with little Nancy Holt as her child. She proceeded to impersonate
both that heroine and Madame La Farge. It was simpler than it sounds.
As Lucy she still wore the wedding veil, as Madame La Farge she
snatched off the veil, wrapped a fur boa around her, seized her mother's
knitting, and by leaping from one side of the stage to the other, by
using now a high voice now a low one, the illusion was perfect. The
chee-ild was rather roughly pushed about during the scene, which was
highly emotional.

"Be merciful to my husband for the sake of my chee-ild," cried Lucy,
passionately, pushing Nancy forward.

"Never!" growled Madame La Farge, pushing Nancy back.

"Don't, Isabelle, you hurt," objected Nancy, but quailed into silence at
Isabelle's terrible look.

The audience was almost hysterical.

The part where Carton rescues D'Arnay and changes places with him,
important climax though it is in