He sends them to me for some trifling alterations; managers always do." Triplet then determined to adopt these alterations, if judicious; for, argued he, sensibly enough: "Managers are practical men; and we, in the heat of composition, sometimes _( sic ?)_ say more than is necessary, and become tedious." With that he opened the parcel, and looked for Mr.Rich's communication; it was not in sight.

He had to look between the leaves of the manuscripts for it; it was not there.

He shook them; it did not fall out.

He shook them as a dog shakes a rabbit; nothing! The tragedies were returned without a word.

It took him some time to realize the full weight of the blow; but at last he saw that the manager of the Theater Royal, Covent Garden, declined to take a tragedy by Triplet into consideration or bare examination.
He turned dizzy for a moment.