Her real life was beginning.

All that had happened, her mad escapade with Dorrimore, the baseness of her mother, her escape from the house in the Old Bailey, her many trials and tribulations were mere trifles to be forgotten as soon as possible.

But her thoughts of Lancelot Vane--oh, they were serious enough.

There was no pretence about them.

And to fill her cup of joy would be her first appearance on the stage! For a brief space this overpowered everything.