[Gutenberg 61949] • The Impending Sword: A Novel (Vol. 1 of 3)

Excerpt from The Impending Sword, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel

Adelphi, and have plenty Of time to see our traps - and what with music scores, prompt books, and costumes, I have a tolerable amount of luggage - comfortably on board one of the first tenders which will be des patched to the ship. I think we shall be a pleasant party. I have concluded engage ments with Mrs. Regan, for Old women and heavies, With Skrymshire for first low co medy, and with cooington for walking gen tleman and utility. He is a nice-looking young fellow, can make-up very fairly, and will, consequently, make an excellent foil for me all the other people I can get over there, but these are absolutely necessary. Cooington will be especially valuable. You are young, and your ideas Of the dreadful are, probably, vague, but when you have once seen an American jeune premier, with his peculiar style Of hair and costume, they will immediately become definite.

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