_She_. Well, I know all about MARLOWE now. He was a great
poet--greater than SHAKSPEARE, or thereabouts.
_He_. Always thought that they would find some fellow greater than
SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE always bores me awfully. But what did _this_
fellow write?
_She_. Oh, lots of things! _Faust_, amongst the rest.
_He_. Come, that must be wrong, for _Faust_ was written by GOUNOD.
Wasn't it?
_She_. Now! I come to think of it, I suppose it was--or BERLIOZ.
_He_. Yes, they did it together. But where does MARLOWE come in?
_She_. Well, I am not quite sure.
_He_. You had better write to Mr. IRVING about it; he will tell you.
He's awfully well up in the subject. As for me, I'm still under the
impression that Marlow is somewhere on the river.
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