Let her come to-morrow--half-past ten, sharp, mind." "Do you hear that, Polly ?" said Spiller in an undertone.
"I shan't fail, sir, you may be sure," replied Lavinia joyfully.
Spiller knew some of the company and he introduced Lavinia to the leading lady, Mrs.Haughton, who was to play the mournful, weeping Monimia in Otway's dismal tragedy.

But for Spiller the "star" actress would hardly have deigned to notice the girl; as it was she received Lavinia with affability marked by condescension.

Mrs.Haughton was a "star," who did not care to associate with strolling players.
Lavinia left the theatre in the seventh heaven of delight.

Everything she had wished for was coming to pass.

She longed for the evening.