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

           Itisamusicalone—and,tothesurpriseoftheorientaltravellers,singsacomicsong,composedbyMr.Wagg.TheEasternvoyagersgooffdancing,likePapagenoandtheMoorishKinginTheMagicFlute."Lasttwosyllables,"roarsthehead.

           Thelastactopens.ItisaGreciantentthistime.Atallandstalwartmanreposesonacouchthere.Abovehimhanghishelmetandshield.Thereisnoneedforthemnow.Iliumisdown.Iphigeniaisslain.Cassandraisaprisonerinhisouterhalls.Thekingofmen(itisColonelCrawley,who,indeed,hasnonotionaboutthesackofIliumortheconquestofCassandra),theanaxandronisasleepinhischamberatArgos.Alampcaststhebroadshadowofthesleepingwarriorflickeringonthewall—theswordandshieldofTroyglitterinitslight.ThebandplaystheawfulmusicofDonJuan,beforethestatueenters.

           Aegisthusstealsinpaleandontiptoe.Whatisthatghastlyfacelookingoutbalefullyafterhimfrombehindthearras?Heraiseshisdaggertostrikethesleeper,whoturnsinhisbed,andopenshisbroadchestasiffortheblow.Hecannotstrikethenobleslumberingchieftain.Clytemnestraglidesswiftlyintotheroomlikeanapparition—herarmsarebareandwhite—hertawnyhairfloatsdownhershoulders—herfaceisdeadlypale—andhereyesarelightedupwithasmilesoghastlythatpeoplequakeastheylookather.

           Atremorranthroughtheroom."GoodGod!"somebodysaid,"it’sMrs.RawdonCrawley.

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