There were, of course, jealousies
and resentments. But these were not deep-seated, and they were
readily swallowed when it was discovered that under the new
arrangement the lot of the entire company was to be materially
improved from the point of view of salaries. This was a matter
that had met with considerable opposition from M. Binet. But the
irresistible Scaramouche swept away all objections.
"If we are to play at the Feydau, you want a company of
self-respecting comedians, and not a pack of cringing starvelings.
The better we pay them in reason, the more they will earn for us."
Thus was conquered the company's resentment of this too swift
promotion of its latest recruit. Cheerfully now - with one
exception - they accepted the dominance of Scaramouche, a dominance
soon to be so firmly established that M. Binet himself came under it.
The one exception was Climene. Her failure to bring to heel this
interesting young stranger, who had almost literally dropped into
their midst that morning outside Guichen, had begotten in her a
malice which his persistent ignoring of her had been steadily
inflaming.
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