description: Puzzling over this problem, Jill missed much of the beginning of the second act. Hers was a detachment which the rest of the audience would gladly have shared. For the poetic drama, after a bad start, was now plunging into worse depths of dulness. The coughing had become almost continuous. The stalls, supported by the presence of large droves of Sir Chester's personal friends, were struggling gallantly to maintain a semblance of interest, but the pit and gallery had plainly given up hope. The critic of a weekly paper of small circulation, who had been shoved up in the upper circle, grimly jotted down the phrase "apathetically received" on his programme.
language: English
title: The Little Warrior
titlecomplete: The Little Warrior
characters: Christopher Selby, Tibby Mariner, Ellen Parker, Algernon Martyn, Chester Portwood, Lois Denham, Wentworth Hill, Derek Underhill, Mr. Saltzburg, Roland Trevis, Horace Parker, Johnson Miller, Phil Brown, Bill, Nelly Bryant, Algy Martin, Julia Mariner, Jill Mariner, Freddie Rooke, Miss Frisby, Otis Pilkington, Ronny Devereux, Olive Peagrim, Lady Underhill, Rover, Elmer Mariner, Issac Goble, Mae D'Arcy, Wally Mason, Ferris
genres: 20th Century, British Literature, Classics, Novels, Comedy, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Humor, Romance
ratings_count: 1391
places: London, England, New York City, New York
series: The Drones Club
publisher: Classic Books