From THEATRE

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Julia decided that Tom must come again. It was not long before an opportunity presented itself. "You know that young accountant of yours," she said to Michael. "Tom Fennell's his name. I met him out at supper the other night and I've asked him to dinner next Sunday. We want an extra man".

"Oh, d'you think he'll fit in?' "He will".

It was rather a grand party. It was on that account she had asked him. She thought it would please him to meet some of the people he had known only from their pictures. She had realized already that he was a bit of a snob. Well, that was all to the good; she could give him all the smart people he wanted.

Their play was running through August, and Michael had taken a house at Taplow so that they could spend the height of the summer there. Julia was to come up for her performances and Michael when business needed it, but she would have a day in the country and Sundays. Tom had a fortnight's holiday; he accepted the invitation with alacrity. On Sundays they had a good many people down for the day, actors and actresses, an occasional writer, and a sprinkling o/some o/their grander friends. Julia found these parties very amusing and she knew that people liked to come to them. On the first Sunday after Roger's arrival there was a great mob. Roger was very polite to the guests. He did his duty as part host like a man o/the world.

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