Wyndham made a very good address and so did Terry, then Wyndham said he would try to get her to speak.

She has lost the use of her hands and legs and can only walk with crutches, so he put his arm around her and her son lifted her from the other side and then brought her to her feet, both crying like children.

You could hear the people sobbing, it was so still.

She said, "Ladies and Gentleman," looking at the stalls and boxes, then she turned her head to the people on the stage below her and said, "Brothers and Sisters," then she stood looking for a long time at the gallery gods who had been waiting there twenty hours.

You could hear a long "Ah" from the gallery when she looked up there, and then a "hush" from all over it and there was absolute silence.