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In Which a Charade Is Acted Which May or May Not Puzzle the Reader

           

           Aportionofthatsplendidroom,thepicturegalleryofGauntHouse,wasarrangedasthecharadetheatre.IthadbeensousedwhenGeorgeIIIwasking;andapictureoftheMarquisofGauntisstillextant,withhishairinpowderandapinkribbon,inaRomanshape,asitwascalled,enactingthepartofCatoinMr.Addison’stragedyofthatname,performedbeforetheirRoyalHighnessesthePrinceofWales,theBishopofOsnaburgh,andPrinceWilliamHenry,thenchildrenliketheactor.Oneortwooftheoldpropertiesweredrawnoutofthegarrets,wheretheyhadlaineversince,andfurbishedupanewforthepresentfestivities.

           YoungBedwinSands,thenanelegantdandyandEasterntraveller,wasmanageroftherevels.AnEasterntravellerwassomebodyinthosedays,andtheadventurousBedwin,whohadpublishedhisquartoandpassedsomemonthsunderthetentsinthedesert,wasapersonageofnosmallimportance.InhisvolumetherewereseveralpicturesofSandsinvariousorientalcostumes;andhetravelledaboutwithablackattendantofmostunprepossessingappearance,justlikeanotherBriandeBoisGuilbert.Bedwin,hiscostumes,andblackman,werehailedatGauntHouseasveryvaluableacquisitions.

           Heledoffthefirstcharade.

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