Berenice
                                            
                            By E. Phillips Oppenheim
                            
                                17 Oct, 2019                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        Brief Extract: He turned from the contemplation of the [Pg 12]dreary, half-empty auditorium with a faint shudder. The theatre was an ancient and unpopular one. The hall-mark of failure and poverty was set alike upon the tawdry and faded hangings, the
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                                                Brief Extract: He turned from the contemplation of the [Pg 12]dreary, half-empty auditorium with a faint shudder. The theatre was an ancient and unpopular one. The hall-mark of failure and poverty was set alike upon the tawdry and faded hangings, the dust-eaten decorations and the rows of bare seats. It was a relief when the feeble overture came to an end, and the curtain was rung up. He settled himself down at once to a careful appreciation of the performance. Less