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The Late Arnold Bennett's Last Long Story | UNFINISHED

"DREAM OF

SYNOPSIS

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DESTINY"

pit. A hand touched his shoulder. full of tags of rupe, suspended Phoebe Friar stood by his side, Roland Lace Smith, young mas about "flats", and rows of extinguished smiling. town, principally; inste Young Actress, lamps., The expanse of the stage Fbosse Friar, who speedlip impresses him

"It's simply splendid of you to

e girl of a vivid dream he had bad was in a sort of electric twilight, be here like this," she said. "Let's Low nights previously. He flehts aby of her whose source Roland did not dis- Boquaintanceship, Salar

corn, Mr. Adderton turned, and Bit farther back, shall we? It will faldiment of the

enw him, welcomed and thanked be better. They haven't set him very warmly, and introduced stage yet."

dreams,

which ended

tarkally be her death after a close Indmacy between them, but finds himself irresistibly bat for Fortnight, but cannot keep it any longer and sitende dinner party u pestades him to help with the staging of

drawn towards het. ile koope away from

which she bas also been

her new play.

invited. She

NOW GO ON WITH STORY.

CHAPTER VI

the

a

"Mr. Bacott here?" he cried out

loudly.

"Here I am," answered a voice, Eacott

Alfred also loudly and strolled in, soft hat at the back of his curly dark head.

"Good, Alfie! Wo'll begin," said Mr. Adderton amiably.

Mr. Encott had been on the West End stage for a quarter of a century, disposition, and

of a yearning disposition. Now he approached twelve stone, and pro- sperity had entirely cured him of

tendency to

and

"Act 1, please," cried Mr.

derton.

yearn.

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MASTERPIECE

Arnold Bennett's last long story was left unfinished, but this does not spoil its worth OT readable

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quality, but rather

adds a mystery value which will be found very intriguing.

of his part, and moved to and fro Ad-reading aloud from the script, but making scarcely any attempt to act.

him to the elderly gentlemen, "my In How M they were nearly on

taga-manager" and "my scenie level with the other couple, but as his early artist", explaining to the two far away from them as the width Somewhat gross, he was entitled latter that Mr. Roland Smith of the stalls. And now there were to call himself handsome. He

the WAB

chief

in two couples earnestly whispering claimed to have the finest voice on descended into the first row of the authority

"You see those three old men on the British stage. The group of stalls; but Mr. Adderton remained London on tenements and had

offered to most kindly

give the stage," she began, cagerly and three had become a group of five on the stage, directing. The re the confabulation proceeded heargal began. Mr. Eacott pull them some tips. Thon Mr. Ad- half resentfully. The stage doorkeeper, a portly, derton called to the table: "Felix.

“Adderton isn't so very old, is a grander scale, Phoebe made ed from his pocket a rolled script

made no remark as to him.. shabby man taught by life to be Take this gentleman down into the Auspicious, looked at Roland as at stalls, will you?" Felix sprang be?" Roland interjected.

stage- "His body lan't, but ho Is. Well, one who was wanted by the police, up; he was the assistant and although the visitor had in manager and general scapegent, they've been talking together like

"But it was settled' they were

"If this was in Now York," tended to walk with authority and played a tiny part of elx words that for days, it seems like years, straight past him towards the sixty seconds before the close of All about exits and estrences and starting with Act III, because of

Mr. Adderton, stage, the janitor's glare arrested the piece. Then

who was producing the play him crossings and doors and windows you," Phabe protested to Roland. Phoebe murmured, turning bar his course.

"Oh, never mind!" He soothed head close to Roland's, "his high- and wall-papers and so on, just as self; resumed the earnest confer If the play was a play. They're her, feeling that to be soothed was 88 would have been fired. And Ithat would have been that. Com- she chiefly needed. "I've ing more than a quarter of an hour "My name's Roland Smith. Mr. ence with the stage-manager and Adderton has asked me to come his scenic artist. Under the at- interested in everything except the what

late, and not knowing his words and advise about the third act." tentive, very deferential guidance play. They don't mind a bit about lots of time."

the play. They're taking it quite

"But I do mind!" she said, whol- when we've been rehearsing for The janitor's glare seemed to be of the A.S.M. Roland passed seriously, the play. It's above

New York. saying, "I'll let you through this through an iron door down steep criticism. It's their Bible, and ly resentful. The sombreness of week. But it isn't time, but you've had a narrow narrow steps into the auditorium,it will be till Mr. Adderton begins her acrimony startled Roland, who It's London."

"Aren't you in the first act?" escape." On the stage, furnished luminated by two lamps, and tho

Roland parried. The A.S.M., assisted by a stoge- only with a small table and two A.S.M. left him. The stalls, like to cut it two or three days before saw a new and unsuspected Phohe. Windsor chairs, Mr. Adderton the fronts of the boxes and the we open. That's Mr. Syrington He tried to soothe her once more.

come in; he's the author." The the manager, and two elderly rail of the dress-circle were sheet-manager nodded to a young, pale, hand, strewed a considerable num gentlemen were fast in coned in vast dust-covers. The place negligently dressed man in a shirt ber of chairs about the stage end. The third act's my big act. verso. One chair at the rickety had the appearance of a tomb of blue enough to fill the stage with And the chairs represented doors, Your being here will make me fear- table was occupied by a young many hidden corpses. Towards the moonlight effect and a necktle windown, and walls, as well as fully nervous." man who with a blue pancil was back a young man and a

man as it scenic artist vanished. The author theatre. The young making one copy of the script of woman had lifted the dust-cover yellow enough to burn down the chairs. Stage-manager and the the play agree with another. In from several stalls and were sit

were apologetically joined

of his seniors. the wings, amid a litter of pro- ting side by side on two of them

August group porties, several young and a few and earnestly chattering in Phoebe continued: "You wouldn't oldish actors and actressus in mentous rapid murmurs. Roland, think he'd written the Bible, would summer attire talked antto voce er following their example, lifted you? But that's the difference. smoked or did both, or did nothing dust-cover and sat down at the ffe's written the Bible but he's no- And now the place body at all. I don't know how -marely exlating in attitudinarian end of Row F.

a sterile virgin they explain the difference to sartorial elegance. had the air of rather than The hour was eleven. The rehear-country in which the Brat hardy themselves. Still, I suppose they sal call on the notice-board said acttlers were just arriving and dis-

a terrific play will bo "11 a.m. Act III. Act 1, 2.30 p.m.cussing their plans. The group in do. And they're all quite sure the Act II." No sign of Phoebe Friar the centre of the stage, were still Only they all know somewhere in- the lead, nor of Mr. Alfred Bacott, importantly and mysteriously conside their waistcoats it won't be. Roland cricked his Rather queer, don't you think? her expensive opposite number, fabulating. Roland waited expectant and neck to descry the dim heights of gazed upwards into the lofty files the gallery and the distances of the But that's the stage."

young

the

виссевя.

Mr. Adderton glanced at his watch us he talked. After a few minutes ho glanced at his watch Ingain.

"Yes, but not till just at the

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