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Chapter 23

           OFTHE

           LONGNOSES!LONGNOSES!

           UNDERTHEDIRECTPATRONAGEOFTHEGODTINGOU!

           GREATATTRACTION!

           "TheUnitedStates!"saidPassepartout;"that’sjustwhatIwant!"

           Hefollowedtheclown,andsoonfoundhimselfoncemoreintheJapanesequarter.Aquarterofanhourlaterhestoppedbeforealargecabin,adornedwithseveralclustersofstreamers,theexteriorwallsofwhichweredesignedtorepresent,inviolentcoloursandwithoutperspective,acompanyofjugglers.

           ThiswastheHonourableWilliamBatulcar’sestablishment.ThatgentlemanwasasortofBarnum,thedirectorofatroupeofmountebanks,jugglers,clowns,acrobats,equilibrists,andgymnasts,who,accordingtotheplacard,wasgivinghislastperformancesbeforeleavingtheEmpireoftheSunfortheStatesoftheUnion.

           PassepartoutenteredandaskedforMr.Batulcar,whostraightwayappearedinperson.

           "Whatdoyouwant?"saidhetoPassepartout,whomheatfirsttookforanative.

           "Wouldyoulikeaservant,sir?"askedPassepartout.

           "Aservant!"criedMr.Batulcar,caressingthethickgreybeardwhichhungfromhischin.

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