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439 look, that he knew all about his children now, and would tell them when they got inside, said that there could not be a more appropriate occasion for marrying the young people than that; and therefore he joined their hands, with the full consent of the indefatigable page, who (being the only other person surviving) pointed with his cap into the clouds, and his right hand to the ground; thereby invoking a blessing and giving the cue for the curtain to come down, which it did, amidst general applause. ‘What did you think of that?’ asked Mr Crummles, when Nicholas went round to the stage again. Mr Crummles was very red and hot, for your outlaws are desperate fellows to shout. ‘I think it was very capital indeed,’ replied Nicholas; ‘Miss Snevellicci in particular was uncommonly good.’ ‘She’s a genius,’ said Mr Crummles; ‘quite a genius, that girl. By-the-bye, I’ve been thinking of bringing out that piece of yours on her bespeak night.’ ‘When?’ asked Nicholas. ‘The night of her bespeak. Her benefit night, when her friends and patrons bespeak the play,’ said Mr Crummles. ‘Oh! I understand,’ replied Nicholas. ‘You see,’ said Mr. Crummles, ‘it’s sure to go, on such an occasion, and even if it should not work up quite as well as we expect, why it will be her risk, you know, and not ours.’ ‘Yours, you mean,’ said Nicholas. ‘I said mine, didn’t I?’ returned Mr Crummles. ‘Next Monday week. What do you say? You’ll have done it, and are sure to be up in the lover’s part, long before that time.’ ‘I don’t know about “long before,”’ replied Nicholas; ‘but by that time I think I can undertake to be ready.’ |
