"If you wish me to do so."
"What salary will you expect?" Bert smiled.
"I hardly know what will be a fair price to ask."
"We will give you the same salary that Hazleton received, fifteen dollars a week, and you pay your own board. Is that satisfactory?"
Bert opened his eyes. Fifteen dollars a week seemed to him a large sum, for evening work. He found afterward that he was expected to appear at rehearsal; but even with this additional duty, the post appeared to him an easy one.
"I accept the terms," he said.
"All right; where are you boarding?"
He gave the address.
"Please be at the theatre to-morrow at ten, and Mr. Pearson will hear you rehearse and give you a few points."
Unknown to Bert there were two persons present at the theatre that night who recognized him. One of the male boarders, prompted by a rather significant hint from Miss Angelica, had invited that young lady to accompany him to the performance. They sat in the sixth row from the stage, though Bert, who attended only to his duties, did not see them.