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CHECKMATE. 287<br />

" Yes ; but she is madame, not made-<br />

moiselle, and wants to be separated from<br />

<strong>her</strong> husband. She didnt go into par-<br />

ticulars, and I don't yet know <strong>her</strong> real<br />

name. She called on me, for the first time,<br />

this morning, and is to come again in a day<br />

or two, when, if she expects me to do <strong>her</strong><br />

any good, she must be a little more com-<br />

municative. The 'curtains drawing up.<br />

Look well at <strong>her</strong>. I should like to know<br />

your opinion <strong>of</strong> <strong>her</strong>."<br />

The opening piece was over when they<br />

entered, which perhaps had made it all the<br />

easier for Mr. Thompson to secure his box<br />

on the terms he had done. The band<br />

three fiddles and a harp—now finished<br />

playing, and as the drop-scene was raised,<br />

the <strong>her</strong>o <strong>of</strong> the night, and <strong>of</strong> the piece, was<br />

discovered in sohtary possession <strong>of</strong> the<br />

stage. T<strong>her</strong>e was a round <strong>of</strong> plaudits,<br />

during which Mr. Thompson observed,<br />

'* He's taking stock <strong>of</strong> the house. Does n't<br />

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