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A new Acquaintance — The Stroller’s Tale — A disagreeable Interruption, and an unpleasant Encounter

           NevershallIforgettherepulsivesightthatmetmyeyewhenIturnedround.Hewasdressedforthepantomimesinalltheabsurdityofaclown’scostume.ThespectralfiguresintheDanceofDeath,themostfrightfulshapesthattheablestpaintereverportrayedoncanvas,neverpresentedanappearancehalfsoghastly.Hisbloatedbodyandshrunkenlegstheirdeformityenhancedahundredfoldbythefantasticdresstheglassyeyes,contrastingfearfullywiththethickwhitepaintwithwhichthefacewasbesmeared;thegrotesquely-ornamentedhead,tremblingwithparalysis,andthelongskinnyhands,rubbedwithwhitechalkallgavehimahideousandunnaturalappearance,ofwhichnodescriptioncouldconveyanadequateidea,andwhich,tothisday,Ishuddertothinkof.Hisvoicewashollowandtremulousashetookmeaside,andinbrokenwordsrecountedalongcatalogueofsicknessandprivations,terminatingasusualwithanurgentrequestfortheloanofatriflingsumofmoney.Iputafewshillingsinhishand,andasIturnedawayIheardtheroaroflaughterwhichfollowedhisfirsttumbleonthestage.‘Afewnightsafterwards,aboyputadirtyscrapofpaperinmyhand,onwhichwerescrawledafewwordsinpencil,intimatingthatthemanwasdangerouslyill,andbeggingme,aftertheperformance,toseehimathislodgingsinsomestreetIforgetthenameofitnowatnogreatdistancefromthetheatre.Ipromisedtocomply,assoonasIcouldgetaway;andafterthecurtainfell,salliedforthonmymelancholyerrand.

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