i don t believe in talent which can t find a market in the the far horizon ordinary course of business i grant you sometimes put a play on which is no good and sometimes what might be a fine play by it in deference to the of that of all maiden and of british the but they very rarely in my experience reject a play which has money in it why should they poor brutes they are not exactly with the play which requires private though a record in the opinion of its author is usually rubbish in that of the public and the public take it all round is very fairly level headed and just you must not judge it by the of the he represents only an extreme section of it if at this time of day he really represents anybody � a section which does the screaming sitting at home getting its information at second hand through the papers and never the doors of a play house at all moreover you must remember that the public is master there is no getting behind its verdict s had brought her back beside mr again she patted him on the shoulder see here my beloved no longer nameless one she said be advised learn wisdom for i tell you i ve been through that gate if ever a woman has the � i wish to heaven we could keep him out of our talk but for cause unknown he persistently himself � he invariably does so when i m and � well you see he was an genius in the way of a from which fact i derived first hand acquaintance with the habits of the species what i don t know about those animals is not worth knowing they re just simply i tell you their utter is only equalled by their lunatic vanity they imagine the whole world lay and professional is in league to and them so don t touch them i entreat you as you value your peace � � m f � � � ai � the far horizon of mind and your pocket they ll you white and never give you a of thanks � more likely turn on you and make out somehow or other you are responsible for the failure of their precious productions � now let s try to forget them and talk of pleasanter subjects these of the always bring me bad luck i m downright scared at them � tell me about your goods your books and your pictures and show me something which belonged to your mother � that is if it wouldn t pain you to do so i should like to hold something she had touched in my hands it would be comforting somehow and just set that door wider open there s a dear i want to have a look into the other room and see where you sleep for the half hour was an companion wholly womanly gentle and delicate eager too with the pretty spontaneous eagerness of a child at the recital of stories and exhibition of treasures beloved by her companion the lonely tree its exile as the wind swept through the of its dry branches moved her almost to tears it is tragic she said still i am glad you have it it s very much in the picture and lifts the sentiment of the place out of the awful it s a little of you yourself too � there s style and poetry and breeding about it only thank the powers you differ from it in this that its best days are over while you are but in the flower of your age and your rooms are delightful � they re like you too � the rest of the house my dear soul the ushered me into a drawing room when i arrived the colours of which were simply frantic i bolted if i d stayed another five minutes they d have given me � now i must go smiled very sweetly upon mr i m better ten thousand times better � he said when i came i was the far horizon rather by my own virtuous actions now it s an square between them and me fm good right give you my word i am if only it u last s lips quivered and she looked rather desperately in the face never fear he answered but that it will last still you ll come and see me often very often till i settle down into the running it will be heavy going � must be fm afraid � for a long while yet holding her hand bent low and kissed it i will serve you perfectly god helping me as long as i live he said five minutes later mrs supported by the outraged and sympathetic watched through the ture afforded by the rising of the dining room door an unknown lady escorted by mr sweep in whispering skirts and costly across the hall passing out and down the white steps usually so light of foot and of movement stumbled and but for prompt assistance would have fallen headlong at that same moment de in dress with shuffling footsteps crossed the road and then aside his arm jerked up almost as though off a blow no no fm not hurt not in the least hurt said in response to inquiry but it s given me a bad fright i ll go straight home put me into the first you see � no fu go by myself i d far rather i give you my word i m not hurt but a lot of things to think about � i want to be alone i want to be quiet come soon i was very happy bye � good night chapter xxvi a landscape of the brand of peculiar to the of a great city to that region where 