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I could have sworn that it was the gritting of this 
vagabond’s teeth.” | 
Hereupon the dwarf laughed (the king was too 
confirmed a joker to object to any one’s laughing), 
and displayed a set of large, powerful, and very 
repulsive teeth. Moreover, he avowed his perfect 
willingness to swallow as much wine as desired. 
The monarch was pacified; and having drained 
another bumper with no very perceptible ill effect, 
Hop-Frog entered at once, and with spirit, into the 
plans for the masquerade. - 
I cannot tell what was the association of idea,” 
observed he, very tranquilly, and as if he had never 
tasted wine in his life, “but just after your 
majesty had struck the girl and thrown the wine 
in her face—just after your majesty had done 
this, and while the parrot was making that odd 
noise outside the window, there came into my mind 
a’ capital diversion—one of my own country 
frolics—oftien enacted among us, at our masque- 
rades: but here it. will be ‘new altogether. Un- 
fortunately, however, it requires a company of 
eight persons, and— —" 
ly fa 
“Here we ar ee!” cried the king, laughing at his 
acute discovery of the coincidence; “eight to a 
fraction—I and my seven ministers. Come! what 
I1s.the diversion?” a 
“We call it,” replied’ the cripple, “the Eight 
Chained Ourang-Outangs, and it really is excellent 
sport if well enacted.” | 
“W e will enact it,” remarked the king, drawing 
himself up, and lowering his eyelids." Co 
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