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290 OUT OF HER SPHERE.
wondering air, was regarding the actress
with a deeper interest than she had excited
in any one else.
Was it—was it—Henrietta Thornton ?
Could it indeed be she—this woman who
trod the stage as if she had been born to it
whose every look and movement bespoke
a mistress of the mimic art ; who had at her
command all the wiles, and tricks, and tones
of one accustomed for years to stand before
the lights ? She was much more at home
on the boards than he had ever seen her
anywhere else. She had to enact a lady,
and she was the stage lady to perfection.
He remembered now how that thought had
once crossed him with regard to Mrs. Thorn-
ton. Even the great man with whom she
acted seemed pleased to have found a cama-
rade worthy of him ; and when she sang,
the pit redoubled its applause, and even the
boxes deigned, this time, to use their white-
gloved hands as vigorously as they had
;