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Chapter 27

           Whenshehadexhibitedtheseleviathansofpublicannouncementtotheastonishedchild,shebroughtforthspecimensofthelesserfryintheshapeofhand-bills,someofwhichwerecouchedintheformofparodiesonpopularmelodies,as‘BelievemeifallJarley’swax-worksorare’‘Isawthyshowinyouthfulprime’‘OverthewatertoJarley;’while,toconsultalltastes,otherswerecomposedwithaviewtothelighterandmorefacetiousspirits,asaparodyonthefavouriteairof‘IfIhadadonkey,’beginning,

           IfIknow’dadonkeywotwouldn’tgo

           ToseeMrsJARLEY’Swax-workshow,

           DoyouthinkI’dacknowledgehim?Ohnono!

           ThenruntoJarley’s

           besidesseveralcompositionsinprose,purportingtobedialoguesbetweentheEmperorofChinaandanoyster,ortheArchbishopofCanterburyandadissenteronthesubjectofchurch-rates,butallhavingthesamemoral,namely,thatthereadermustmakehastetoJarley’s,andthatchildrenandservantswereadmittedathalf-price.Whenshehadbroughtallthesetestimonialsofherimportantpositioninsocietytobearuponheryoungcompanion,MrsJarleyrolledthemup,andhavingputthemcarefullyaway,satdownagain,andlookedatthechildintriumph.

           ‘NevergointothecompanyofafilthyPunchanymore,’saidMrsJarley,‘afterthis.’

           ‘Ineversawanywax-work,ma’am,’saidNell.‘IsitfunnierthanPunch?’

           ‘Funnier!’saidMrsJarleyinashrillvoice.‘Itisnotfunnyatall.’

           ‘Oh!’saidNell,withallpossiblehumility.

           ‘Itisn’tfunnyatall,’repeatedMrsJarley.

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