In contrast to his fellow Frenchman, he was even more agreeable and easygoing than usual, but also a bit unfocused, the way our old friend Father Barry used to get when he’d had a glass or two of my father’s brandy. “I was supposed to teach you the Knight’s Tour,” said Mulhouse, “but I understand...
Harry suspected that he mistook them for sweethearts; they looked near enough in age. He didn’t disillusion the man; he rather liked being seen as the beau of such an attractive, self-assured young woman. Elizabeth kept a tight grip on Harry’s arm as they made their way between the piles of packi...
Armin emerged from the tiring-room or the property room and greeted me. The Fortune was a good deal newer than our theatre, though, and less worn and weathered. I felt almost as though I had been transported back in time, to the Globe as it was when I first joined the company—before Julia left, b...
I thought only of doing what I had been hired to do. I meant to retrieve my table-book or, failing that, to seek an opportunity to transcribe the play again. Better yet, I might manage to make off with the theatre’s copy, saving myself a good deal of toil and trouble.“Now,” Mr. Heminges said. “Wh...
cried the black-haired man. In his haste to distance himself from Sam, he collided with the cart wheel. The pistol fell from his belt, but he seemed not to notice. “Come away!” he shouted to his men. “Take nothing with you!” When they hesitated, he bellowed, “Now, you gawking gypes! It’s the cont...