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Gratitude is undoubtedly a thing that should not be attempted by the amateur pantomimist. "Savoury" is another. GRATITUDE IS UNDOUBTEDLY A THING THAT SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED BY THE AMATEUR PANTOMIMIST SAVOURY IS ANOTHER
ot understand him, he knew; but he thought there might be that in his tones and gestures from which they would gather the sense of what he was saying, and understand how kindly he felt towards them all. When he had finished, he put his hand upon his heart and smiled some more, and then tossed the liquor off at a gulp. Three seconds later he discovered that it was a stringent and trustworthy emetic that he had swallowed. His audience had mistaken his signs of gratitude for efforts on his part to explain to them that he was poisoned, or, at all events, was suffering from acute and agonising indigestion, and had done what they could to comfort him. The drug that they had given him was not one of those common, cheap medicines that lose their effect before they have been in the system half-an-hour. He felt that it would be useless to begin another supper then, even if he could get one, and so he went to bed a good deal hungrier and a good deal less refreshed than when he arrived at the inn. LAGE THEY COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HIM HE KNEW BUT HE THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE THAT IN HIS TONES AND GESTURES FROM WHICH THEY WOULD GATHER THE SENSE OF WHAT HE WAS SAYING AND UNDERSTAND HOW KINDLY HE FELT TOWARDS THEM ALL WHEN HE HAD FINISHED HE PUT HIS HAND UPON HIS HEART AND SMILED SOME MORE AND THEN TOSSED THE LIQUOR OFF AT A GULP THREE SECONDS LATER HE DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS A STRINGENT AND TRUSTWORTHY EMETIC THAT HE HAD SWALLOWED HIS AUDIENCE HAD MISTAKEN HIS SIGNS OF GRATITUDE FOR EFFORTS ON HIS PART TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT HE WAS POISONED OR AT ALL EVENTS WAS SUFFERING FROM ACUTE AND AGONIZING INDIGESTION AND HAD DONE WHAT THEY COULD TO COMFORT HIM THE DRUG THAT THEY HAD GIVEN HIM WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE COMMON CHEAP MEDICINES THAT LOSE THEIR EFFECTS BEFORE THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE SYSTEM HALF AN HOUR HE FELT THAT IT WOULD BE USELESS TO BEGIN ANOTHER SUPPER THEN EVEN IF HE COULD GET ONE AND SO HE WENT TO BED A GOOD DEAL HUNGRIER AND A GOOD DEAL LESS REFRESHED THAN WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE INN
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