"She questioned you about Mrs. Miles?" Dundee asked.
"Yes. All sorts of questions--her name, and whether she was married and
then who her husband was, and if she had had stage experience," Lois
answered conscientiously. "She explained her interest by saying Flora
looked more like a professional actress than any of the others, and that
we should give her a real chance when we got our Little Theater going. I
asked her if that meant she was going to accept my offer, and she said
she might, but that she would have to talk it over with a friend first.
Just before midnight she telephoned me at my hotel that she had decided
to accept the job."
Dundee's heart leaped. It was very easy to guess who that "friend" was!
But he controlled his excitement, asked his next question casually:
"Did she show particular interest in any other player?"
"Yes. She asked a number of questions about Polly Beale, and seemed
incredulous when I told her that Polly and Clive were engaged. Polly
played 'Mrs. Peachum', and was a riot in the part.... But Nita's
intuition was correct. Flora carried off the acting honors.... Oh, yes,
she also asked, quite naively, if all my friends were rich, too, and
could help support a Little Theater. I reassured her on that point.
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