Then they went into the library, which the fight-trust man looked at with much interest.
“Would you like to see the house?” Brainard asked good-naturedly, always proud to show off his beloved theater.
“Above everything! I’ve read so much about it.”
Brainard conducted Hollinger over the building, explaining to him his purposes in making it more than a mere auditorium with a stage. Hollinger admired generously and intelligently all that he saw. As they came out at last in the darkened auditorium where the new play was still being read, he remarked to his host:
“I am very much obliged. It is all extremely interesting, a kind of kindergarten for the drama. Is this one of your products?” he nodded towards the stage.
“It’s Farson’s new play. We have high hopes for it!” Brainard said.
“Well, hurry up with it. I suppose you won’t be running theaters for amusement after—er—the event?”
“That remains to be seen!”
“If you find that you want to get rid of this place, let me know, will you?”