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I had always experienced a boyish hankering
that way, and have a natural inclination to seek new experiences.
Albrecht was favorably impressed with my application, and hence I
easily attained to my present exalted position upon the stage."
"And is that all?"
"Not entirely; there yet remains a chapter to be added to my
confessions. I acknowledge I should have long since tired of the life
and its hardships, had you not chanced to be a member of the same
troupe."
"I, Mr. Winston? Why, we have scarcely spoken to each other until
to-day."
"True, yet I strenuously deny that it was my fault. In fact, I had
firmly determined that we should, and, having been a spoiled child, I
am accustomed to having my own way. This, perhaps, will partially
account for my persistency and for my still being with 'The Heart of
the World.' But all else aside, I early became intensely interested in
your work, Miss Norvell, instantly recognizing that it required no
common degree of ability to yield dignity to so poor a thing as the
play in which you appear.


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