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XX[edit]  As many people know, there are not, in the famous
Théâtre Français, more than a dozen good seats accessible to
ladies.[*] The stalls are forbidden them, the boxes are a
quarter of a mile from the stage and the balcony is a delusion
save for a few chairs at either end of its vast horseshoe. But
there are two excellent baignoires d'avant-scène, which indeed
are by no means always to be had. It was, however, into one of
them that, immediately after his return to Paris, Sherringham
ushered Mrs. Rooth and her daughter, with the further escort of
Basil Dashwood. He had chosen the evening of the reappearance of
the celebrated Mademoiselle Voisin—she had been enjoying a congé
of three months—an actress whom Miriam had seen several times
before and for whose method she professed a high though somewhat
critical esteem. It was only for the return of this charming
performer that Peter had b