Episodes in Van Bibber's Life

Episodes in Van Bibber's Life by Richard Harding Davis lists in its contents Her First Appearance, Van Bibber's Man Servant, The Hungry Man was Fed and Love Me, Love my Dog. The piece called Her First Appearance is set at the end of the first act of the first night of The Sultana, when every member of the Lester Comic Opera Company, from Lester himself down to the wardrobe woman's son, is sick with anxiety. Van Bibber, who had continued to be an almost nightly visitor for several weeks, was at first supposed to be backing the piece, the Angel, as those weak and wealthy individuals are called who allow themselves to be led into supplying the finances for theatrical experiments.

A speaker says that the mother deceived and disgraced him and broke his heart, and asks whether he was to love and care for and worship this child and have her grow up with all her mother's vanity and animal nature. Van Bibber says that he has given up looking for the dog and is just driving around enjoying himself, liking to feel the snow settling between his collar and the back of his neck.