"I have no doubt you can; and, in fact"—but here her bright eye was so fixed on me, that I coloured and hesitated.
"Oh," she said, "I see; you have the boy's fever on you yet, and think you could shake the spheres in Hamlet."
"I certainly have studied the character."
"And can you declaim?"
"I think so."
"Will you let me hear you?"
"Most proudly."
"Then I'll come for the play myself to-morrow, and we can rehearse a scene."
"My mother will be delighted to see you. I shall expect you at twelve o'clock." She nodded her consent to the appointment, and we parted.
"Are you quite sure, Mr Montalban," I said, "that Hengist and Horsa will be produced without delay?"