"You may feel that way now, but you are all right. I must go on right away."
Without saying anything more, Merry hurried out of the dressing room and soon hid the bottle of stuff behind some scenery packed in a corner at the back of the stage.
He was not aware that his movements were watched by a pair of treacherous eyes.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE POWER OF LOVE.
Old Dan did keep on his pins till the play was over. In some manner he played his part fairly well, although he got tangled in his lines once or twice. In one place it was necessary for him to say to the villain of the piece:
"Now, Hubert Bancroft, the prison door that once closed on me opens to receive you."
Instead of saying that, he twisted it after this fashion:
"Now, Bubert Hancroft, the prison door that once opened to close on me now closes to open to close on you."