human
Sit down, she commanded breathlessly;
gpt
What is it? he asked.
human
Have you and Reggie——
gpt
Listen, Marion repeated,
human
she began, impressively,
gpt
I went to a large supper at the Savoy, and I sat next to Charley Wimpole. He came in late, after everybody had finished, and I attacked him while he was eating his supper. He said he had been rehearsing 'Caste' after the performance; that they've put it on as a stop-gap on account of the failure of the 'Triflers,' and that he knew revivals were of no use; that he would give any sum for a good modern comedy. That was my cue, and I told him I knew of a better comedy than any he had produced at his theatre in five years, and that it was going begging. He laughed, and asked where was he to find this wonderful comedy, and I said, 'It's been in your safe for the last two months, and you haven't read it.' He said 'Indeed, how do you know that?' and I said, 'Because if you'd read it, it wouldn't be in your safe, but on your stage.' So, he asked me what the play was about, and I told him the plot and what sort of a part his was, and some of his scenes, and he began to take notice. He forgot his supper, and very soon he grew so interested that he turned his chair round and kept eying my supper-card to find out who I was, and at last remembered seeing me in 'The New Boy'—and a rotten part it was, too—but he remembered it, and he told me to go on and tell him more about your play. So I recited it, bit by bit, and he laughed in all the right places and got very much excited, and said finally that he would read it the first thing this morning. Marion paused, breathlessly.
human
Oh, yes, and he wrote your address on his cuff,
gpt
Oh, Marion! he gasped,
human
He will, she answered, stoutly,
gpt
The other managers read it,
human
Yes, but what do they know? Marion returned, loftily.
gpt
He knows. Charles Wimpole is the only intelligent actor-manager in London.
human
Mr. Charles Wimpole,
gpt
I couldn't help over-hearing the last line, he said, smiling.
human
It gives me a good entrance.
gpt
Oh, she gasped,
human
If you hadn't mentioned my name, the actor said,
gpt
I should never have guessed it. And this is Mr. Carroll, I hope.