ABSTRACT
THE following Saturday afternoon Karyl Pendragon spoke in favour of the Railway Bill at a large hall in the heart of London. The great city in the height of its season was represented there by all classes of society, drawn together by the magic of the famous actress’s name, which had been liberally and judiciously posted up on every available hoarding. Everybody who bad seen her on the stage wished to see Karyl Pendragon on the platform, to hear her speak lines that had not been learnt or spoken before; while those who had neither seen nor heard her, the many who could not afford the prices of those theatres in which she played, were glad to seize this opportunity of free sight and hearing. For the meeting was free, all but one gallery reserved for the purpose of paying expenses.
