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THE DRESS REHEARSAL—II
 

theatre. Out on the fresh air of the street they begin to sway and stagger. The author of the play hurries home with lowered eyes; his shoulders seem to bear the burden of the “weariness and depression of all. To-morrow is the first night. Good! Nothing matters to him any more.

But in spite of it all every one will look

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