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Chapter 11
Hehadsometroubleinbreakingtheeggs—orrathernotsomuchtroubleinbreakingthemexactlyasingettingthemintothefrying-panwhenbroken,andkeepingthemoffhistrousers,andpreventingthemfromrunninguphissleeve; buthefixedsomehalf-a-dozenintothepanatlast,andthensquatteddownbythesideofthestoveandchiviedthemaboutwithafork.
Itseemedharassingwork,sofarasGeorgeandIcouldjudge. Wheneverhewentnearthepanheburnedhimself,andthenhewoulddropeverythinganddanceroundthestove,flickinghisfingersaboutandcursingthethings. Indeed,everytimeGeorgeandIlookedroundathimhewassuretobeperformingthisfeat. Wethoughtatfirstthatitwasanecessarypartoftheculinaryarrangements.
Wedidnotknowwhatscrambledeggswere,andwefanciedthatitmustbesomeRedIndianorSandwichIslandssortofdishthatrequireddancesandincantationsforitspropercooking. Montmorencywentandputhisnoseoveritonce,andthefatsplutteredupandscaldedhim,andthenhebegandancingandcursing. AltogetheritwasoneofthemostinterestingandexcitingoperationsIhaveeverwitnessed. GeorgeandIwerebothquitesorrywhenitwasover.
TheresultwasnotaltogetherthesuccessthatHarrishadanticipated. Thereseemedsolittletoshowforthebusiness. Sixeggshadgoneintothefrying-pan,andallthatcameoutwasateaspoonfulofburntandunappetizinglookingmess.
