"It's very good, Nell, very fine," said Terriss to me, "but, believe me, you miss a great effect there. You play it grandly, of course, but at that moment you miss it. As you say 'Devil!' you ought to strike me full in the face."
"Oh, don't be silly, Terriss," I said. "Olivia is not a pugilist."
Of course I saw, apart from what was dramatically fit, what would happen!
However, Marion, very young, very earnest, very dutiful, anxious to please Terriss, listened eagerly to the suggestion during an understudy rehearsal.
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"No one could play this part better than your sister Nell," said Terriss to the attentive Marion, "but, as I always tell her, she does miss one great effect. When you say 'Devil! hit me bang in the face."
"Thank you for telling me," said Marion gratefully.
"It will be much more effective," said Terriss.