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

           LadySqueams(theRightHonourableLordSouthdown),herlap-dog,herbags,reticules,andhusbandsitdown,andclingholdofsomeropes.Itisevidentlyaship.

           TheCaptain(ColonelCrawley,C.B.),withacockedhatandatelescope,comesin,holdinghishatonhishead,andlooksout;hiscoattailsflyaboutasifinthewind.Whenheleavesgoofhishattousehistelescope,hishatfliesoff,withimmenseapplause.Itisblowingfresh.Themusicrisesandwhistleslouderandlouder;themarinersgoacrossthestagestaggering,asiftheshipwasinseveremotion.TheSteward(theHonourableG.Ringwood)passesreelingby,holdingsixbasins.HeputsonerapidlybyLordSqueamsLadySqueams,givingapinchtoherdog,whichbeginstohowlpiteously,putsherpocket-handkerchieftoherface,andrushesawayasforthecabin.Themusicrisesuptothewildestpitchofstormyexcitement,andthethirdsyllableisconcluded.

           Therewasalittleballet,"LeRossignol,"inwhichMontessuandNobletusedtobefamousinthosedays,andwhichMr.WaggtransferredtotheEnglishstageasanopera,puttinghisverse,ofwhichhewasaskilfulwriter,totheprettyairsoftheballet.ItwasdressedinoldFrenchcostume,andlittleLordSouthdownnowappearedadmirablyattiredinthedisguiseofanoldwomanhobblingaboutthestagewithafaultlesscrookedstick.

           Trillsofmelodywereheardbehindthescenes,andgurglingfromasweetpasteboardcottagecoveredwithrosesandtrelliswork.

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