human
It's dreadful to see people on the stage not made up! said Charmian.
gpt
They all look so corpse-like. O Alston, are we going to have a success?
human
What! You beginning to doubt!
gpt
No, no. But when I see this huge dark theater I can't help thinking, 'Shall we fill it?' What a fight art is! I never realized till now that we are on a battlefield. Alston, I feel I would almost rather die than fail.
human
Fail! But--
gpt
Or quite rather die.
human
In any case it couldn't be your failure.
gpt
Couldn't it?
human
You didn't write the libretto. You didn't compose the music.
gpt
And yet, she said, in a low tense voice,
human
Whatever is it, Mrs. Charmian?
gpt
He looked like a victim, I thought.
human
Everyone does in that light unless--there's Crayford!