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Chapter 32

           Certainmachineryinthebodyofthenunontheleadsoverthedoorwascleanedupandputinmotion,sothatthefigureshookitsheadparalyticallyalldaylong,tothegreatadmirationofadrunken,butveryProtestant,barberovertheway,wholookeduponthesaidparalyticmotionastypicalofthedegradingeffectwroughtuponthehumanmindbytheceremoniesoftheRomishChurchanddiscourseduponthatthemewithgreateloquenceandmorality.Thetwocartersconstantlypassedinandoutoftheexhibition-room,undervariousdisguises,protestingaloudthatthesightwasbetterworththemoneythananythingtheyhadbeheldinalltheirlives,andurgingthebystanders,withtearsintheireyes,nottoneglectsuchabrilliantgratification.MrsJarleysatinthepay-place,chinkingsilvermoneysfromnoontillnight,andsolemnlycallinguponthecrowdtotakenoticethatthepriceofadmissionwasonlysixpence,andthatthedepartureofthewholecollection,onashorttouramongtheCrownedHeadsofEurope,waspositivelyfixedforthatdayweek.

           ‘Sobeintime,beintime,beintime,’saidMrsJarleyatthecloseofeverysuchaddress.‘RememberthatthisisJarley’sstupendouscollectionofupwardsofOneHundredFigures,andthatitistheonlycollectionintheworld;allothersbeingimpostersanddeceptions.Beintime,beintime,beintime!’

           

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