Excerpt from A Rising Star, Vol. 3: A Novel The night came at last, and Mark wandered aimlessly about the front of the house, barely re cognised by anybody. Glynne played the leading part, and Francis was busy behind the curtain. The man in front of the house knew Mark by sight, and conducted him to a box reserved for him. The young author was absurdly early, and as he sat in a dark corner of his box, staring at the green baize which concealed the brand new act drop, he could hear the muffled thunders of the feet that stormed the gallery, and the scarcely more subdued clamour of the pit. The stalls filled slowly, and peeping out now and again he began to fear that the house would be a poor one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.