"I am taking the part seriously, and it's bringing me down. I like to do real things when I get a chance, Mr. Mackworth ... and I am going to make the two performances of Iistral memorable ones."
"You need a new suit of clothes very badly."
"I know I do. But I have no money, and no credit."
"Well see about that, my young Villon."
Mackworth took me to one side and thrust a fifty-dollar bill into my hand.
I hurried down to Locker, the clothier....
In a very little while I was again walking by the Bellman House, completely togged out in new apparel from head to heel.
Mackworth was still standing there, and he laughed with astonishment at the lightning-quick change in my appearance....
"You're a card, Gregory!"
He afterward repeated the story with gusto....