upstairs,”
said a man
in the
box-office.
Several
persons
were in
the
manager’s
office,
two
lounging
near a
window,
another
talking to
an
individual
sitting at
a roll-top
desk – the
manager.
Carrie
glanced
nervously
about, and
began to
fear that
she should
have to
make her
appeal
before the
assembled
company,
two of
whom – the
occupants
of the
window –
were
already
observing
her
carefully.
“I can’t
do it,”
the
manager
was
