Chapter TwoIt was not a very long way from Bond Street to the King’s Theatre in the Haymarket, but Alisa hurried along, frightened that if she was late, Madame Vestris would have left and she would not be able to see her.
As she went, she was trying to remember all she knew about the actress, which was actually a good deal.
Penelope was extremely interested in anything that concerned the theatre, simply because they very seldom were able to go to one.
When their mother was alive, she had insisted that their father take them to the opera, which she thought was good for their education and they had several times been to a Shakespeare play.
It was Penelope who talked about Madame Vestris, who had, according to the newspapers, captivated the town when she first appeared in London five week
