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Chapter 9

           

           Thesceneofthethirdactrepresentedapalaceinwhichmanycandleswereburningandpicturesofknightswithshortbeardshungonthewalls.Inthemiddlestoodwhatwereprobablyakingandaqueen.Thekingwavedhisrightarmand,evidentlynervous,sangsomethingbadlyandsatdownonacrimsonthrone.Themaidenwhohadbeenfirstinwhiteandtheninlightblue,nowworeonlyasmock,andstoodbesidethethronewithherhairdown.Shesangsomethingmournfully,addressingthequeen,butthekingwavedhisarmseverely,andmenandwomenwithbarelegscameinfrombothsidesandbegandancingalltogether.Thentheviolinsplayedveryshrillyandmerrilyandoneofthewomenwiththickbarelegsandthinarms,separatingfromtheothers,wentbehindthewings,adjustedherbodice,returnedtothemiddleofthestage,andbeganjumpingandstrikingonefootrapidlyagainsttheother.Inthestallseveryoneclappedandshouted“bravo!”Thenoneofthemenwentintoacornerofthestage.Thecymbalsandhornsintheorchestrastruckupmoreloudly,andthismanwithbarelegsjumpedveryhighandwavedhisfeetaboutveryrapidly.(HewasDuport,whoreceivedsixtythousandrublesayearforthisart.)Everybodyinthestalls,boxes,andgalleriesbeganclappingandshoutingwithalltheirmight,andthemanstoppedandbegansmilingandbowingtoallsides.Thenothermenandwomendancedwithbarelegs.Thenthekingagainshoutedtothesoundofmusic,andtheyallbegansinging

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