6 The rest of the rehearsal was long and boring. The three sat in their seats and watched the actors stumble through their lines, some worse than others. By the time the practice ended Al and Una, one on each side of Lilly, were slumped in their seats. Una's arms draped over the arms of her seat and her eyes had a glaze over them. "Are rehearsals always this boring?" Al had one hand over his face and his eyes were closed. "Yep." "And they're always this bad?" "Yep." "Paul was good, and Miss Stone," Lilly defended them. Una flopped her head to the other side so she faced Lilly and frowned. "You're not seriously defending that person, are you?" Lilly shrugged. "She is good. She knew most of her lines without reading the script." Una sighed and patted Lilly on the shoulder. "