de Parys, sympathetic soul, placed a wrong construction
on his silence.
"Poor old Roly!" he said. "It's quite broken him up. The best thing we
can do is all to go off and talk it over at the Savoy, over a bit of
lunch."
"Well," said Miss Verepoint, "what are you going to do--rebuild the
Windsor or try and get another theater?"
* * * * *
The authors were all for rebuilding the Windsor. True, it would take
time, but it would be more satisfactory in every way. Besides, at this
time of the year it would be no easy matter to secure another theater
at a moment's notice.
To R. P. de Parys and Bromham Rhodes the destruction of the Windsor
Theater had appeared less in the light of a disaster than as a direct
intervention on the part of Providence. The completion of that tiresome
second act, which had brooded over their lives like an ugly cloud,
could now be postponed indefinitely.
"Of course," said R. P. de Parys, thoughtfully, "our contract with you
makes it obligatory on you to produce our revue by a certain date--but
I dare say, Bromham, we could meet Roly there, couldn't we?"
"Sure!" said Rhodes.
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