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great king and his seven privy-councillors,—a king 
who does not scruple to strike a defenceless girl. 
and - his seven- councillors who abet him in the 
outrage. As for myself, I am simply Hop-Frog. 
the jester—and thisismylastjest.” 
Owing to the high combustibility of both.the flax 
and the tar to which it adhered, the dwarf had 
scarcely made an end of his brief speech before the 
work of vengeance was complete. ~~ 
The eight corpses swung in their chains, a fetid. 
blackened, hideous, and indistinguishable mass. 
The cripple hurled his torch at them, clambered 
leisurely to the ceiling, and disappeared through 
the sky-light. 
It is supposed that Tripetta, stationed on the 
roof of the saloon, had been the accomplice of her 
friend in his fiery revenge, and that, together, they 
effected their escape to their own country; for 
neither was seen again. 
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