the factor was so scrupulous, as to keep the whole thing from his master, the lord chamberlain

Come, you are too severe a moraler:

It is a great rock or cliff on the loneliest part of the mountains, and, … is known by the name of the Garden Rock. Near the foot of it is a small lake, the haunt of the solitary bittern, with water-snakes basking in the sun on the leaves of the pond-lilies which lie on the surface.

The night show then pulled a turnaway and the extra night show drew near-capacity.