"Look! He's left the 'bus. He's going into the Park Theatre."
So he was. His slim person was easily distinguishable in the wealth of
electric light that flooded the street upon which looked the broad doorways
and the allegorical facades of the Park.
The second act of "La Belle Helene" was not yet over when Appleton entered
and stood at the rear of the parquet circle. He indifferently watched the
finale, made some mental comments upon the white flowing gown of Pauline
Hall, the make-up of Fred Solomon, and the grotesqueness of the five
Hellenic kings. Then he scanned the audience.
Haslam and Amy dismounted near the theatre and entrusted the bicycle to a
small boy's care. When they had bought admission tickets and reached the
lobby, the gay finale of the second act was being given. The curtain fell,
was called up three times, and then people began to pour forth from the
entrance to drink, smoke, or enjoy the air in the entr'acte.
Appleton was involved in the movement of those who resorted to the little
garden with flowers and fountain and asphalt paving, accessible through
the northern exits.
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