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A Magician

           

           NodoubtAlvezwasabouttoaskthequeenwhyhewashonoredbyhervisit,butthemagiciandidnotgivehimtime.Makingthecrowdrecedesoastoleavealargespacefreearoundhim,herecommencedhispantomimewithstillgreateranimation.Hepointedtotheclouds,hethreatenedthem,heexorcisedthem;hemadeasignasifhecouldfirststopthem,andthenscatterthem.Hisenormouscheekswerepuffedout,andheblewonthismassofheavyvaporsasifhehadthestrengthtodispersethem.Then,standingupright,heseemedtointendstoppingthemintheircourse,andonewouldhavesaidthat,owingtohisgiganticheight,hecouldhaveseizedthem.

           ThesuperstitiousMoini,"overcome"bytheactingofthistallcomedian,couldnolongercontrolherself.Criesescapedher.Sheravedinherturn,andinstinctivelyrepeatedthemagician’sgestures.Thecourtiersandthecrowdfollowedherexample,andthemute’sgutturalsoundswerelostamidthosesongs;cries,andyellswhichthenativelanguagefurnisheswithsomuchprodigality.

           Didthecloudsceasetoriseontheeasternhorizonandveilthetropicalsun?Didtheyvanishbeforetheexorcismsofthisnewwizard?No.Andjustatthismoment,whenthequeenandherpeopleimaginedthattheyhadappeasedtheevilspiritsthathadwateredthemwithsomanyshowers,thesky,somewhatclearsincedaybreak,becamedarkerthanever.Largedropsofrainfellpatteringontheground.

           Thenasuddenchangetookplaceinthecrowd.Theythensawthatthissorcererwasworthnomorethantheothers.

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