"No," said Claude.
"Well, of course you'll appear after the next act with him. There's sure to be a call. And I know Gillier will be called for as well as you."
His rather cold gray eyes seemed to examine the two faces before him almost surreptitiously. Then he, too, went out of the box.
"A call after this act!" said Charmian.
"I believe they generally summon authors and composers after the penultimate act over here."
"You'll take the call, of course, Claudie?"
There was a silence. Then he said:
"Yes, I shall take it."
His voice was hard. Charmian scarcely recognized it.
"Then you'll have to go behind the scenes."