At this time, unknown to any of the actors in the drama, three strangers, having made their way through the crowd outside the door, were allowed to enter, and stood together in the far corner of the court room unnoticed by the throng, intently watching and listening.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
If any of the actors in the play he had been witnessing knew anything to the credit of Allan Dorris, their voices were so mild as to be drowned by the fiercer ones with stories of hate and fear and dread.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
I who well knew the actors never for a moment doubted who had taken the principal parts in this fiendish intrigue.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse