am here, I suppose we may as well talk over some business that must be talked over. About your tour: are you willing to stop over here till April at least?'
' Yes; I don't see why not. I want to appear in London early in May.'
' Very well. I will draft an agreement, and send it you. Now, you may consider that with your extraordinary success of last night the theatre will be full for some weeks ahead. I propose your giving an evening performance on Saturdays as well as the matinée.'
' Terms?'
' Royalty. Twenty per cent. on total takings. It is worth your while.'
' Is it not more worth my while to be seen from Saturday till Monday at Mrs. Palmer's?'
' It would be if the theatre was not full. But you could fill it—for the present, anyhow—if you had a matinée every day. Besides, you can get down to Long Island with the utmost ease on Sunday morning.'
' I go to Mass on Sunday morning; you forget that!'
He smiled.
' I suggest, then, that you should omit that ceremony, if you want to go to Mrs. Palmer's. However, there is no hurry. Weigh the three things in your mind—eighty or ninety pounds by acting on Saturday evening, or Mass on Sunday morning, or Mrs. Palmer's on Sunday morning. There is another thing: I want to talk over the scenes in “ Paris ” with you. I am going to Mrs. Palmer's the Sunday after next. I will bring the models down with me, if you will promise to give me an hour. They will not be ready till then.'
' Yes. I am going there next Sunday and the Sunday after. They have a theatre there; she wants me to do something in the evening.'
Bilton thought a moment.
