Re: eyes that count the house


Subject: Re: eyes that count the house
From: Jive Monkey (monkey_jive@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Dec 20 2000 - 11:24:17 GMT


On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 11:56:56PM -0500, Jive Monkey wrote:

> my question of the day:
> from "for esme- with love and squalor," what does the phrase "eyes that,
i
> thought, might very possibly have counted the house" mean?

I take it to mean that however pious or musical Esme may have been,
she was realistic, too -- taking a count of how many seats in the
audience were full. (Something novice actors are always cautioned
against, the first time they do it.)

--tim o'connor

gracias!!!

andy
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