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It was hardly possible that the piece could survive such notices ; and if it did not ? Well , he would have to go . But until the piece was taken out of the bills it would be a weakness to harbour the ugly thought . There were , however , the evening papers to look forward to , and soon after midday Annie was sent to buy all that had appeared . Hubert expected to find in these papers a more delicate appreciation of his work . Many of the critics of the evening press were his personal friends , and nearly all were young men in full sympathy with the new school of dramatic thought . He read paper after paper with avidity ; and Annie was sent in a cab to buy one that had not yet found its way so far north as Fitzroy Street .