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CHECKMATE. 291<br />

done when the London star had first ap-<br />

peared.<br />

How she seemed to enjoy the applause !<br />

Temple Masters was near enough to per-<br />

ceive how it thrilled and animated <strong>her</strong>.<br />

Beneath <strong>her</strong> rouge <strong>her</strong> cheeks flushed up,<br />

and <strong>her</strong> eyes beamed with redoubled lustre.<br />

Her whole frame dilated, and <strong>her</strong> step<br />

grew more and more elastic. Her first<br />

song was encored, and she repeated it, alid<br />

again won fresh plaudits. It was clear<br />

that she would divide the honours <strong>of</strong> the<br />

night with the London actor. She seemed<br />

<strong>her</strong>self to know it, and went on with <strong>her</strong><br />

part with redoubled nerve and confidence.<br />

She was evidently happy while acting. It<br />

was no labour to <strong>her</strong>. This false artificial<br />

life, the heated air, the gas, but, above all,<br />

the plaudits, were <strong>her</strong> natural element. If<br />

this indeed was Henrietta Thornton, Temple<br />

Masters felt that in the Eectory <strong>of</strong> St.<br />

Hilda, and the life she had been condemned<br />

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