You head back to your office, poring over the papers. To your delight, the reviews are unanimously good. Ballard's piece represents your interview with flattering comments. Booth's disappearance was mentioned by a couple of papers, but they mostly talked about how you rewrote the scene hastily to avert the crisis, adding some dramatic flair to the play's climax.

With everything checked off your list, you have a few hours before your appointments with Melville at the concerto and Buntline at his gambling house. Confident that everything is in order, you head over to Hamblin's Bowery Theatre for a matinee performance. The more you know about your competition, the better.

On your way to the theatre, you run across a distraught young man standing in the middle of the sidewalk.

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