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The play went through beautifully. Every girl did her part wonderfully / well, but Patty surpassed them all. Buoyed up by excitement, she played / her part with a dash and sprightliness that surprised even the girls who / had seen her at rehearsal. She was roguish, merry and tragic by turns, / and she sang her solos with a dramatic effect that brought down the / house. She looked unusually pretty, which was partly the effect of her / intense excitement, and though Nan and Mr. Fairfield could not help / admiring and applauding with the rest, they were very anxious and really / alarmed, lest she might not be able to keep up to these emotional heights / until the end of the play.
Without speaking his thoughts to anyone else, Mr. Hepworth, too, was very / much concerned for Patty's welfare. He realised the danger she was in, / and noted every evidence of her artificial strength and merriment. Seeing / Dr. Martin in a seat near the back of the room, he quietly rose and went / and sat beside the old gentleman.