An Equivocal Compliment

George du Maurier

English Society

Lady Prattler (a confirmed first-nighter to actor-manager) — "I congratulate you on your success last night, Mr. McStamp! . . . How good you were! It was all charming — so light, so bright, so well put on the stage! . . . And oh! such nice long entr'acts, you know!"

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