She audaciously requested Throckmorton to give her a chance as leading lady in his next great picture.
He softened his refusal by explaining to her that acting was a difficult profession and that suffering and sacrifice were necessary to round out the artist.

The beautiful girl replied that within ten days he would be compelled to admit her rare ability as an actress, and laughingly they wagered a kiss upon it.

Merton felt that this was the sort of thing he must know more about.
Throckmorton was courteously gallant in the scene.

Even when he said, "Shall we put up the stakes now, Miss Gordon ?" it could be seen that he was jesting.

He carried this light manner through minor scenes with the beautiful young girl friends of Miss Gordon who wooed him, lay in wait for him, ogled and sighed.