The gallery and pit were fairly full, but the two rows of dingy stalls were quite empty, and there was hardly a person in what I suppose they called the dress-circle.

Women went about with oranges and ginger-beer, and there was a terrible consumption of nuts going on." "It must have been just like the palmy days of the British drama." "Just like, I should fancy, and very depressing.

I began to wonder what on earth I should do when I caught sight of the play-bill.

What do you think the play was, Harry ?" "I should think 'The Idiot Boy', or 'Dumb but Innocent'.

Our fathers used to like that sort of piece, I believe.