"Well, Miss Boyes, it's a pity you should have come to act, seeing that there's a good many of us here that does that sort of thing already. The difficulty is to get people to come and see us do it. Do you think that many of your friends would come and see you act?"
"Well, not many of my friends."
"That, again, is unfortunate."
"But strangers would."
"It's that way with you, is it? With us it's different. We look to friends for our support. Strangers are sometimes disagreeable. What plays were you thinking of acting?"
"I don't know any plays as yet. But I soon could."
"Of course. That's easy enough. Hamlet, I suppose, and that kind of thing. And what sort of part were you thinking of playing?"
"I really haven't thought."
"No, you wouldn't, such a trifle being of no consequence. You weren't thinking of playing old women?"
"Well, I don't think I could act old women. But I might try. Young Betty acted an old man."