As she had very pretty legs she found the disguise not displeasing; she was glad also to show that she knew how verse should be spoken.

But she noticed that in the orchestra stalls there was a priest wearing his cassock.

It was not the first time that an ecclesiastic had been present at an afternoon performance of this tragedy drawn from the Scriptures.

Nevertheless, it impressed her disagreeably.

When she went on the stage she distinctly saw Louise Dalle, wearing the turban of Jehoshabeath; loading a revolver in front of the prompter's box.