The manager rose excitably to his feet.

Marvelous! No hurry with the books; no dropping them.

She looked at the titles before she announced them to her mistress; she set down "Humphrey Clinker" on "The Tears of Sensibility" with a smart little smack which pointed the antithesis.

One moment--and she announced Julia's visit; another--and she dropped the brisk waiting-maid's courtesy; a third--and she was off the stage on the side set down for her in the book.

The manager wheeled round on his stool, and looked hard at Miss Garth.