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Chapter 24

           Everyshadeofopalinecolourfellupontheirswayingfiguresfromsomeinvisibleagencyastheytrippedandwhirledandeachtimetheywavedtheirwands,ribbonsandflagsoffirewereunrolledandtossedhighinairwheretheygyratedforalongtimelikemovinghieroglyphs.Thescenewasnowsostartling,sofairy-likeandwonderful,thatwewerewell-nighstruckspeechlesswithastonishmenttoofascinatedandabsorbedeventoapplaud,wehadnoconceptionhowtimewent,orhowrapidlythenightdescendedtillallatoncewithouttheleastwarning,anappallingcrashofthunderburstimmediatelyaboveourheads,andajaggedforkoflightningtoretheluminousfire-balloontoshreds.TwoorthreewomenbegantoscreamwhereuponLucioadvancedfromthethrongofspectatorsandstoodinfullviewofall,holdinguphishand.

           "Stagethunder,Iassureyou!"hesaidplayfully,inaclearsomewhatscornfulvoice"Itcomesandgoesatmybidding.Quiteapartofthegame,believeme!thesesortofthingsareonlytoysforchildren.Againagain,yepettyelements!"hecried,laughing,andliftinghishandsomefaceandflashingeyestothedarkheavens"Roaryourbestandloudest!roar,Isay!"

           Suchaterrificboomandclatteransweredhimasbaffledalldescriptionitwasasifamountainofrockhadfallenintoruinsbuthavingbeenassuredthatthedeafeningnoisewas‘stagethunder’merely,thespectatorswerenolongeralarmed,andmanyofthemexpressedtheiropinionthatitwas‘wonderfullywelldone.

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