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Chapter 27

           

           Insteadofspeaking,however,shesatlookingatthechildforalongtimeinsilence,andthengettingup,broughtoutfromacorneralargerollofcanvasaboutayardinwidth,whichshelaiduponthefloorandspreadopenwithherfootuntilitnearlyreachedfromoneendofthecaravantotheother.

           ‘There,child,’shesaid,‘readthat.’

           Nellwalkeddownit,andreadaloud,inenormousblackletters,theinscription,‘JARLEY’SWAX-WORK.’

           ‘Readitagain,’saidthelady,complacently.

           ‘Jarley’sWax-Work,’repeatedNell.

           ‘That’sme,’saidthelady.‘IamMrsJarley.’

           Givingthechildanencouraginglook,intendedtoreassureherandletherknow,that,althoughshestoodinthepresenceoftheoriginalJarley,shemustnotallowherselftobeutterlyoverwhelmedandbornedown,theladyofthecaravanunfoldedanotherscroll,whereonwastheinscription,‘Onehundredfiguresthefullsizeoflife,’andthenanotherscroll,onwhichwaswritten,‘Theonlystupendouscollectionofrealwax-workintheworld,’andthenseveralsmallerscrollswithsuchinscriptionsas‘Nowexhibitingwithin’‘ThegenuineandonlyJarley’‘Jarley’sunrivalledcollection’‘JarleyisthedelightoftheNobilityandGentry’‘TheRoyalFamilyarethepatronsofJarley.

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