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At precisely ten o'clock, as the curtain came reefing slowly down upon the first act of _I Pagliacci_, Lady Dinsmore turned with outstretched hand to greet a newcomer who had just entered the box.
"My dear count," she exclaimed, "I am disappointed in you! Here I have been paying you really quite tremendous compliments to these young people -- which for an old woman, you know, is very proper -- and you show your complete indifference to me by committing the worst crime in the calendar!"