“It must,” said Mr. Tapping.

“I knew it all along!” cried Miss Lewis again.

“But I won’t stand for it!” exclaimed Thyrsis, wildly.

“It must be done!” said Mr. Jones, in his heaviest steam-roller tone.

“But I won’t have it!”

“What’ll you do?”

“I’ll go to law! I’ll get an injunction.”

“What is there in our contract to prevent our altering the play?” demanded the man.

“What!” gasped Thyrsis. “You know what our understanding was!”

“Humph!” said the other. “Can you prove it?”