"Oh, no, I'll keep right on getting 'The Rosie Posie Girl' in shape, and shunt Hawtry into it as soon as she cinches the public in this play—or fails."
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"That was just what I was going to hand you—you get four hundred a week for this show, but you'll have to go in and earn it. It's a departure, and you may not like it. You'll have to hammer it a lot, but I'm not signing a single 'Rosie Posie' contract until I see this in shape."
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"I mean it. A stage manager has to take my stuff all hot even if he thinks some of it is cold. Get me?"
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"That's good. I'll give you the completed manuscript Saturday so you can pound and set it for Monday next."
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