When I first met Elliot I was just a young author like any other and he took no notice of me He never forgot a face though and when I ran across him here or there he shook hands with me cordially but showed no desire to further our acquaintance and if I saw him at the opera say he being with a person of high rank he was inclined not to catch sight of me But then I happened to make a somewhat startling success as a playwright and presently I became aware that Elliot regarded me with a warmer feeling One day I received a note from him asking me to lunch and I conceived the notion that he was trying me out But from then on since my success had brought me many new friends I began to see him more frequently