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back to it after this, and the chance of the
London boards before her ? But come
along—Mrs. Harrup will be waiting supper.
Did you take much notice of her?—the
stout comfortable party who played the
mamma ? I should think supper with that
woman was worth eating."
They left the theatre, found their way
through the carriages which almost blocked
up the narrow street, and, after a * few
minutes' walk, were at the manager s abode.
It was a private house, and he occupied
the upper part of it. It was respectable,
but could pretend to nothing more, and a
very small servant ushered them into the
sitting-room on the first floor.
The table was spread, and Mrs. Harrup
awaiting them. Mr. Thompson had to intro-
duce himself—he had not yet had an op-
portunity of making the lady's acquaint-
ance, and was there only by his client's
invitation—and then to introduce his friend,