I was handed an old, worn script. Not because it came cheap, but because I must have looked cheap enough to hand it to.

• Marchioness BernhardtA script was never something the actor chooses, was it, Your Highness.
  CassianMarchioness. I have yet to set foot on the stage at all.
• Duke ArnodThere have been noticeably more hands passing through that waiting room lately. The ledgers have grown thicker to match.