Sheread“Cavalleria“throughslowly，takingaboutanhourtoit。ShesawnowwhyBrenthadgivenittoherastheprimerlesson——thesimple，elementalstoryofapeasantgirl”sruinunderpromiseofmarriage；ofherlover”swearyingofonewhohadonlycrudephysicalcharm；ofhisbeingattractedbyayoungmarriedwoman，gayaswellaspretty，offeringthesecurityinintriguethatanunmarriedwomancouldnotoffer。
Suchaplayisatoncetheeasiestandthehardesttoact——theeasiestbecauseeveryaudienceunderstandsitperfectlyandsuppliesunconsciouslyalmostanydefectintheacting；thehardestbecauseanyactorwiththeeducationnecessarytoactingwellfindsitnexttoimpossibletodivesthimselforherselfofthesophisticationsofeducationandgetbacktotheelementalanimal。
_Santuzza_or_Lola_？Susandebated。_Santuzza_wasthebigandeasypart；_Lola_，thesmallerpart，wasofthekindthatisusuallyneglected。ButSusansawpossibilitiesinthecharacterofthewomanwhowon_Turiddu_away——thetriumphantwoman。Thetwowomenrepresentedthetwokindsoflove——thelovethatisserious，thelovethatislight。Andexperiencehadtaughtherwhyitisthathumannaturesoontiresofintensity，turnstofrivolity。Shefeltthat，ifshecouldact，shewouldtrytoshowthatnot_Turiddu”s_ficklenessnorhiscontemptofthewomanwhohadyielded，but_Santuzza”s_sadintensityand_Lola”s_butterflygayetyhadcost_Santuzza_herloverandherloverhislife。So，itwasnot_Santuzza”s_but_Lola”s_firstentrancethatshestudied。
Inthenextmorning”smail，undercoveraddressed“MissSusanLenox，careofMissLornaSackville，“asshehadwrittenitforBrent，camethepromisedcheckforfortydollars。ItwassignedJohnP。Garvey，Secretary，andwasinclosedwithanotebearingthesamesignature：
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