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Chapter 24

           "Yetyoushouldhavedone,foritisquitescientificallycorrect,"declaredLuciolaughingstill."Faithwiththewings,whomyousawjoyouslyflyingtowardsanimpossibleHeaven,isnotscientificallycorrecthaveyounottoldusso?buttheskeletonandthewormswerequiteofyourcult!Nomaterialistcandenythecorrectnessofthat‘complexiontowhichweallmustcomeatlast.Positively,someoftheladieslookquitepale!Howdrollitis,thatwhileeverybody(tobefashionable,andinfavourwiththepress)mustacceptMaterialismastheonlycreed,theyshouldinvariablybecomeaffrighted,orletussayoffended,atthenaturalendofthebody,ascompletedbymaterialagencies!"

           "Well,itwasnotapleasantsubject,thatlasttableau,"saidLordElton,ashecameoutofthetheatrewithDianaChesneyhangingconfidinglyonhisarm"Youcannotsayitwasfestal!"

           "Itwasfortheworms!"repliedLuciogaily"Come,MissChesneyandyouTempest,comealongwithLadySibylletusgooutinthegroundsagain,andseemywill-o’-the-wispslightingup."

           Freshcuriositywasexcitedbythisremark;thepeoplequicklythrewoffthegruesomeandtragicimpressionmadebythestrange‘tableaux’justwitnessedandpouredoutofthehouseintothegardenschatteringandlaughingmorenoisilythanever.Itwasjustduskandaswereachedtheopenlawnwesawanextraordinarynumberofsmallboys,cladinbrown,runningaboutwithwill-o’-the-wisplanterns.

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