"
With difficulty Dundee controlled his excitement. "May I see those
photographs, please?"
"I had to hunt quite a bit for them," his hostess apologized ten minutes
later, as she spread the glossy prints of half a dozen photographs for
Dundee's inspection. "Do you know 'The Beggar's Opera'?"
"John Gay--eighteenth century, isn't it?... As I remember it, it is
quite--" and Dundee hesitated, grinning.
"Bawdy?" Lois laughed. "Oh, very! We couldn't have got away with it if
it hadn't been a classic. As it was, we had to tone down some of the
naughtiest passages and songs. But it was lots of fun, and the boys
enjoyed it hugely because it gave them an opportunity to wear tight
satin breeches and lace ruffles.... This is my husband, Peter. He adored
being the highwayman, 'Robin of Bagshot'," and she pointed out a stocky,
belligerent-looking man near the end of the long row of costumed
players, in a photograph which showed the entire cast.
"You say that Mrs. Selim accepted your proposal _after_ she saw these
photographs?" Dundee asked. "Had she refused before?"
"Yes. I'd gone to New York for the annual Easter Play which the Forsyte
School puts on, because I'm intensely interested in semi-professional
theatricals," Lois explained.
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