\" she ended, lifting her opera-glass quickly to her eyes as the door of the box opened and Beaufort's resonant voice broke in on them.
Archer stood up, and left the box and the theatre.
Only the day before he had received a letter from May Welland in which, with characteristic candour, she had asked him to \"be kind to Ellen\" in their absence. \"She likes you and admires you so much—and you know, though she doesn't show it,
\" she ended, lifting her opera-glass quickly to her eyes as the door of the box opened and Beaufort's resonant voice broke in on them.
Archer stood up, and left the box and the theatre.
Only the day before he had received a letter from May Welland in which, with characteristic candour, she had asked him to \"be kind to Ellen\" in their absence. \"She likes you and admires you so much—and you know, though she doesn't show it,
