Excerpt from The Man Who Was Good a Novel, Vol. 1 of 2

I should think, ' remarked the ensign, reaching for her skirt, you ought to know every line of the piece the times you've seen it! But, of course, you've nothing else to do.' no, ' Mrs. Carew assented 'it isn't lively sitting alone all the evening in lodgings. And it's more comfortable in the circle than behind. How you people manage to get dressed in some of the theatres puzzles me I look at you from the front, remembering where your things were put on, and marvel. If I were in the profession, my salary wouldn't keep me in the frocks I ruined.'

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