Upstairs in the office, a delivery boy had brought a number of large but not very heavy boxes which came from the theatre’s stores. While the main actors’ costumes were auctioned off after each show, the theatre kept the less glamorous outfits for later use, and it was here that Ellisandra had ordered prison guard uniforms, maid’s and other domestic staff’s dresses and plain commoner dresses for the ubiquitous “crowd” that was a feature of each Mirani classic play. In the box were also a number of pretty, frilly and colourful dresses. Ellisandra had already decided that she was going to wear the blue one on performance night, blue being the colour of the Takumar family. Tolaki and Aleyo had also ordered their preferred dresses to be taken out of storage, and Ellisandra had ordered a few ch
