I had no the strength to be changin' ma clothes, just at first, and I was still sittin' still, tryin' to pull mysel' together, when Tinsley came rushing in.

He clapped his hand on my shoulder.
"Lauder, my lad, you've done it!" he cried.

"I never thought you could--you've proved every manager in London an ass to-night!" "You think I'll do ?" I asked.
He was a generous man, was Tinsley.
"Do!" he said.

"You've made the greatest hit of the week when the news gets out, and you'll be having the managers from the West End halls camping on your doorstep.

I've seen nothing like it in years.