There is something between me and the fair unknown now; a very slight,
almost imperceptible thread it may seem at present, but I will so manage
as to make from it a rope, by which I shall climb up into her window."
"I must admit," rejoined Pylades respectfully, "that you certainly are
wonderfully well versed in all the stratagems and ruses of love-making."
"I rather pique myself upon my accomplishments in that line, I will
confess," Orestes said, laughingly; "but come, let's go in now; the
little beauty was startled, and will not show herself at the window
again just yet. This evening I shall begin operations in earnest." And
the two friends turned about and strolled slowly back towards the house,
which they presently entered, and disappeared from sight.
There was a large tennis-court not far from the hotel, which was
wonderfully well suited to make a theatre of; so our comedians hired
it, took immediate possession, set carpenters and painters to work,
furbished up their own rather dilapidated scenery and decorations, and
soon had a charming little theatre, in which all the numbered seats
and boxes were eagerly snapped up, directly they were offered to
"the nobility and gentry of Poitiers," who secured them for all the
representations to be given by the troupe, so that success was insured.
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