Roberta waited till they were at a discreet distance from other
pedestrians, then delivered the lines as she had already spoken them for
her pupil twenty times or more, with a spirit and temper which gave them
their character as the assumed bluster they were meant to picture.
"Good!" cried Louis. "Great! But you see, Sis, you have learned the
absolute control of your voice, and that's a thing few schoolgirls have
mastered. Besides, not every girl has a throat like yours."
"I mean to be patient," said Roberta soberly. "And Olivia has really a
good speaking voice. It's the curious effect of the imaginary boots that
stirs my wonder. She actually speaks in a higher key with them on than
off. But we shall improve that, in the fortnight before the play. They
are really doing very well, and our _Katherine_--Ethel Revell--is going
to forget herself completely in her part, if I can manage it. In spite
of the hard work I thoroughly enjoy the rehearsing of the yearly
play--it's a relief from the routine work of the class. And the girls
appreciate the best there is, in the great writers and dramatists, as
you wouldn't imagine they could do.
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