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" Madame X " Again — London 143
she felt that he needed help, for the undisguised pain in his eyes troubled her.
One night she was having a little supper party in her apartment after the theatre and she invited Clark to join it. He was thrilled that she, in his eyes a star of very great magnitude, should ask him. At that little party he saw a different woman, one who was " just Polly " with her friends and was perfectly natural and untheatrical. After that they were often together when off duty from the theatre. To this woman of experience, he could pour out his heart over the disillusionment of his marriage. Pauline knew what that meant and could talk his language. More than that, she gave him understanding and some good sound advice upon the subject of the heart. They took long drives together and talked about life. Gable talked of his stage ambitions and there was no one better to whom he could have talked on this subject. Pauline was a gay, beautiful and understanding companion and if Clark fell in love with her it was as a friend, for he had never before met a woman to whom he could talk so freely. She taught him to rise above his failure as a husband and to look life bravely in the face. As she laughed her deep-throated laugh, he caught its infection and soon was joining in and forgetting his disillusionment. That innate dignity and charm; that unspoiled sophistication in her; that ability to enjoy the quiet peace of a simple fireside as well as the glitter of the bright lights; that undeniable joie de vivre that she never lost — these things appealed to him and taught him many lessons. Though, now in the tumult of success, he may have forgotten how he felt when he played in " Madame X," he will remember that at the moment when life had hit him hard, he found sympathy and understanding in the woman who was the star of the play when he was an