human
It's going splendidly. They like it! said Charmian quickly.
gpt
Three calls. That's unusual after a first act, when the audience hasn't warmed up. Isn't it odd, Claudie, that Americans always applaud quite differently from the way the English do? They always applaud like that.
human
How do you mean?
gpt
Didn't you notice? Persistently, but in clumps as it were. It is by their persistence they show how pleased they are, rather than by their--their--I hardly know just how to put it.
human
By their unanimity perhaps.
gpt
Oh, no! Not exactly that! Here's Mr. Crayford.
human
Hear that applause? he said.
gpt
They're mad about it. Alston's got them. I knew he would. That boy's going to be famous. But wait till the second act. They're in a fine humor, only asking to be pleased. I know the signs. The libretto's hit them hard. They're all asking what's to happen next.
human
You're satisfied then?
gpt
Satisfied! I'm so happy I don't know what to do.
human
He knows!
gpt
If anyone in America knows what he is talking about I suppose it is Mr. Crayford,