floating through the
theatre. Interest had become strained--almost painful. A brilliant
house had been worked up into a state of breathless absorption. A
little man burst in upon them.

"Thank God you've come, Guest! They nearly had the house down after the
last act shouting for you. Oh! I beg your pardon."

He retreated, closing the door. They neither of them noticed him. Up
from the stage the triumphant cry of a great actor, carried away by the
inspiration of a great part, answered her in her lover's own words--

"Philosophy is selfishness and ambition a shadow--the lesson of life is
the lesson of love."

The curtain fell and the storm burst. She looked into his face with a
brilliant smile.

"I am very sweetly answered, Mr. Author," she said. "Now let me efface
myself."

Douglas could not escape, for he had been recognised, and the house rang
with his name. He bowed his acknowledgments time after time from the
front of the box, and every one wondered at his late arrival and morning
clothes, and at the woman in a long travelling coat, who sat by his side
half hidden by the curtain. Only the Duchess, whose box was exactly
opposite, and who had remarkably good eyesight, suddenly understood.
She leaned over and waved her hand gaily.

"Gracious!" she exclaimed. "It's Emily."

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