. Not counting the cost : in three volumes . CHAPTER IV. EILA S ORDEAL. Upon entering the theatre, Hubert perceivedthat his prediction that the FoHes-Fantassinwould prove to be a kind of second-classEden was verified. Besides the pit andstalls, there was but one gallery or dress-circle, which widened out in the rear into acarpeted space where the spectators sat asin a cafe before small tables, at which theymight drink and smoke at their ease. Theentire theatre would not have contained morethan a thousand people. There were privateboxes under the gallery, of which the occu-pant was generally a
. Not counting the cost : in three volumes . CHAPTER IV. EILA S ORDEAL. Upon entering the theatre, Hubert perceivedthat his prediction that the FoHes-Fantassinwould prove to be a kind of second-classEden was verified. Besides the pit andstalls, there was but one gallery or dress-circle, which widened out in the rear into acarpeted space where the spectators sat asin a cafe before small tables, at which theymight drink and smoke at their ease. Theentire theatre would not have contained morethan a thousand people. There were privateboxes under the gallery, of which the occu-pant was generally a lady, either alone oraccompanied by a duenna. In either caseshe was sure to be dressed in the height[ 231 ] 232 NOT COUNTING THE COST of the reigning fashion, and to wear also afashion-book complexion. The decorationsof the Folies-Fantassin were Moorish, andthey might have been reproached with anexaggeration of local colour in respect oftheir want of cleanliness. Now, the shadethat gathers upon real mouch-arabia, uponalabaster or enamel, in
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