The notices said such things as “the evening really belonged to little Miss Brain.” “This latest shoot from the Warren tree seems to hold promise of bearing a crop of talent unusual even from a branch from this parent stem.” The other type of paper, which did not write in that grand way, said such things as “Miranda romps home” and “Child star born in a night.” One paper was tactless enough to say that Miranda acted everybody, including her Grandmother, off the stage. The children did not see these notices themselves, but they heard Alice telling Hannah about them at meals. “We’ve taken it very well; I must say that. No one can say that we grudge the child her success, but we’re afraid of early success, and quite right, too. A child star born in a night, indeed! One cloud no bigger than an acorn and that star will be out. We know; we’ve seen it.” “But if Miranda takes her part so nicely,” said Hannah, “that’s not to say she couldn’t do another, is it?”
