This was the way it was expressed:
"Adorable Alameda:
"Doubtless you will know from whom this note comes. It is from the young man in the fourth row of the orchestra on whom you smiled so sweetly this evening. I am sure you read my devotion in my face. I have never spoken to you, but I feel that I love you, and I have never loved before. Will you appoint a time when I can meet you? Perhaps I flatter myself too much when I say that you seem to be kindly disposed towards me. I will send this by the usher, and will beg for a reply.
"Yours devotedly,
"Livingston Palmer."
"What do you think of it?" asked Palmer eagerly.
"I think it ought to make a favorable impression on the young lady," said Robert, doubtfully, however.
"I think it is pretty good, myself," said Palmer complacently.
When the entertainment was over, Palmer went up to one of the ushers.