“Ending in character with a rush on the audience?” said Gerald. “Otherwise ‘Robin Hood’ is stale.”
“Tennyson has spoilt that for public use,” said Mrs. Grinstead. “But was not something else in hand?”
“Only rehearsed. It never came off,” said Gerald.
“The most awful rot,” said Adrian. “I would have nothing to do with it.”
“In consequence it was a failure,” laughed Gerald.
“It was ‘The Tempest’, wasn’t it?” said Anna.
“Not really!” exclaimed Mrs. Grinstead.
“About as like as a wren to an eagle,” said Gerald.
“We had it at the festival last winter. The authors adapted the plot, that was all.”
“The authors being—