“Well, Babe St. Maur is pretty smart. And she’s got muscles. She was one of the eight girls who made the living bridge⁠—”

“Bill,” said Bundle desperately. “I went to see Jimmy Thesiger yesterday morning.”

“Good old Jimmy,” said Bill. “Well, as I was telling you, Babe’s pretty smart. You’ve got to be nowadays. She can put it over on most theatrical people. If you want to live, be high-handed, that’s what Babe says. And mind you, she’s the goods all right. She can act⁠—it’s marvellous how that girl can act. She’d not much chance in Damn Your Eyes ⁠—just swamped in a pack of good-looking girls. I said why not try the legitimate stage⁠—you know, Mrs. Tanqueray ⁠—that sort of stuff⁠—but Babe just laughed⁠—”

“Have you seen Jimmy at all?”

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