No one had asked him how he dared try to eat with real actors and actresses and apparently no one was going to.

Toward the end of the passage was a table holding trays and napkins the latter wrapped about an equipment of cutlery.

He took his tray and received at the counter the foods he designated.

He went through this ordeal with difficulty because it was not easy to keep from staring about at other patrons.
Constantly he was detecting some remembered face.

But at last, with his laden tray he reached a vacant table near the centre of the room and took his seat.