ABSTRACT
And so the tragedy acted itself out; – the sordid little tragedy that is enacted every moment of the year on the London boards. The tragedy of life and of death. It was Priscilla who took the leading part in the grim play at No. 30 Regent’s Buildings, who saw most clearly the meaning of the tragedy. She had awakened after the first act. Now scene by scene she watched the developments clustering round the principal characters – the strong woman bound for life to a weakling, a faint outline of man. The pathos and pity of it were not lessened for her because she knew that the same tragedy was being played out in the lives round her on many a household hearth. Her sad eyes read failure on every page of her life.
