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Chapter 16

           ItwasnotdifficulttodivinethattheywereofaclassofitinerantshowmenexhibitorsofthefreaksofPunchfor,perchedcross-leggeduponatombstonebehindthem,wasafigureofthatherohimself,hisnoseandchinashookedandhisfaceasbeamingasusual.Perhapshisimperturbablecharacterwasnevermorestrikinglydeveloped,forhepreservedhisusualequablesmilenotwithstandingthathisbodywasdanglinginamostuncomfortableposition,alllooseandlimpandshapeless,whilehislongpeakedcap,unequallybalancedagainsthisexceedinglyslightlegs,threatenedeveryinstanttobringhimtopplingdown.

           Inpartscattereduponthegroundatthefeetofthetwomen,andinpartjumbledtogetherinalongflatbox,weretheotherpersonsoftheDrama.Thehero’swifeandonechild,thehobby-horse,thedoctor,theforeigngentlemanwhonotbeingfamiliarwiththelanguageisunableintherepresentationtoexpresshisideasotherwisethanbytheutteranceoftheword‘Shallabalah’threedistincttimes,theradicalneighbourwhowillbynomeansadmitthatatinbellisanorgan,theexecutioner,andthedevil,wereallhere.Theirownershadevidentlycometothatspottomakesomeneedfulrepairsinthestagearrangements,foroneofthemwasengagedinbindingtogetherasmallgallowswiththread,whiletheotherwasintentuponfixinganewblackwig,withtheaidofasmallhammerandsometacks,upontheheadoftheradicalneighbour,whohadbeenbeatenbald.

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