"Yes. We are to play two plays, 'The Homeless Sister,' and 'All for Love.' In 'The Homeless Sister' I am to take the part of a heartless landlord, and in 'All for Love' I am a butler in a Fifth Avenue mansion in New York."
"Are they leading parts?"
"Well—er—hardly. Dixon says he can't put me in leading parts yet, for it would make the older actors jealous."
"I see."
"He says he will shove me ahead as soon as I've made a hit."
"Then I trust you make a hit on the opening night."
"Oh, I certainly shall. I have my lines down fine, and Dixon says my make-up is just what it ought to be."
"Aren't you afraid of being nervous?"
"Nervous? Not a bit. Did you ever see me nervous, Frost?"
"No—excepting——" Robert was going to mention the time when the adorable Alameda's husband had called at the ticket office, but cut himself short.