Any room in this house might suffice." "We must have a curtain," said Tom Bertram; "a few yards of green baize for a curtain, and perhaps that may be enough." "Oh, quite enough," cried Mr.Yates, "with only just a side wing or two run up, doors in flat, and three or four scenes to be let down; nothing more would be necessary on such a plan as this.

For mere amusement among ourselves we should want nothing more." "I believe we must be satisfied with _less_," said Maria.

"There would not be time, and other difficulties would arise.

We must rather adopt Mr.Crawford's views, and make the _performance_, not the _theatre_, our object.

Many parts of our best plays are independent of scenery." "Nay," said Edmund, who began to listen with alarm.