“Let’s just say I took a sudden particular interest in this production.”
Rising, I collected my coat and started to exit the theater box. As I shrugged into the sleeves, I added, “Oh… and the lead? You’ll cast Miss Larkin.”
Jack looked down at his clipboard. “The woman who went last?”
“That’s the one.”
“With all due respect sir, don’t get me wrong, she did great but she strikes me as a little green. I’m not sure she’s ready for a lead part. I was thinking maybe the parlor maid?”
Piercing him with a glare that usually made titans of industry quake, I stated flatly, “It wasn’t a request.”
Jack bowed as if I were a king. “Yes, sir. Of course, sir! Whatever you want, you get!”
Exactly.