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Excerpt: ...but otherwise held no great facilities for theatricals. A large and very unruly crowd of young people were outside waiting for admission, and through these our party had to push their way to a side entrance. At the back of the platform great confusion raged. The whole of the Castleton family seemed to be trying to dress one another among a rich jumble of costumes, while Mr. Castleton, altering the poses in his tableaux at the eleventh hour, kept sending messengers home to his studio for articles which he had forgotten. The pantry's the only place for the Ladies' Dressing-Room, and it's full of tea-cups! said Beata, kneeling on the floor to button Lilith into a mediaeval robe that reached to her toes. Tea-cups or no tea-cups, I'll have to use it! said Merle. Come with us, Romola, and mount guard over the door while we change. I'm not going to have all the parish popping in. How sublime you look! Very hot and uncomfortable! sighed Romola. I'd put on the blue costume and then Dad suddenly altered the whole tableau and made me get into this instead. Wasn't it tiresome of him? Now he's fussing about and I know we shall be late! We always are! So shall we be if we don't hurry up. Have you got the right bag, Mavis? Oh, here are some of Bevis's things! I must rush out and give them to him before we begin. Dressing in a pantry full of tea-cups, by the aid of candles and a hand- mirror, was not at all an easy performance, but the girls did their best for one another and were pleased with the result. As soon as they were ready they went to help Bevis and Clive, who needed much assistance, and were beginning to suffer from stage-fright. I was a silly owl to let myself in for it! groaned the former. I expect I'll forget every word I ought to say and disgrace myself! You'll do nothing of the sort! declared Merle firmly. If you could act it last night you can act it to-night, so don't be ridiculous. You've just got to-there! All right, ...

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