“Tosaveme，Cad，Ican’t，“heanswered。”Ioughtto，too;I’ve，seentheplayenough。There’sagirlinitthatwasstolenwhen，shewasaninfant——waspickedoffthestreetorsomething——and，she’stheonethat’shoundedbythetwooldcriminalsIwas，tellingyouabout。”Hestoppedwithamouthfulofpiepoisedona，forkbeforehisface。”Shecomesveryneargettingdrowned——no，that’snotit。I’lltellyouwhatI’lldo，“heconcluded，hopelessly，“I’llgetyouthebook。Ican’tremembernowforthe，lifeofme。”
“Well，Idon’tknow，“saidCarrie，whenhehadconcluded，her，interestanddesiretoshinedramaticallystrugglingwithher，timidityforthemastery。”ImightgoifyouthoughtI’ddoall，right。”
“Ofcourse，you’lldo，“saidDrouet，who，inhiseffortsto，enthuseCarrie，hadinterestedhimself。”DoyouthinkI’dcome，homehereandurgeyoutodosomethingthatIdidn’tthinkyou，wouldmakeasuccessof？Youcanactallright。It’llbegood，foryou。”
“WhenmustIgo？”saidCarrie，reflectively。
“ThefirstrehearsalisFridaynight。I’llgetthepartforyou，to-night。”