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It was stiflingly hot, and the sweat running down the wrinkles in his forehead and down the length of his cheeks mixed in with the powder in his hair came down in streaks and lined the top of his coat. What didn't I see him do? IT WAS STIFLINGLY HOT AND THE SWEAT RUNNING DOWN THE WRINKLES IN HIS FOREHEAD AND DOWN THE LENGTH OF HIS CHEEKS MIXED IN WITH THE POWDER IN HIS HAIR CAME DOWN IN STREAKS AND LINED THE TOP OF HIS COAT WHAT DIDN'T I SEE HIM DO
ity, taking hold of our souls and keeping them suspended in the most unusual situation which I've ever experienced. Did I admire him? Oh yes, I admired him! Was I touched with pity? I was touched with pity. But a tinge of ridicule was mixed in with these feelings and spoiled them. But you would've burst out laughing at the way in which he imitated the different instruments. With his cheeks swollen, all puffed out, and with harsh, dark sounds he delivered the horns and bassoons. For the oboes he produced a shrill nasal tone, and then accelerated his voice with an amazing speed for the stringed instruments, trying to find the best approximations for their sounds. He whistled for the piccolos, warbled for the flutes, shouting, singing, carrying on like a maniac, acting out, by himself, the male and female dancers and singers, an entire orchestra, the whole musical company, dividing himself into twenty different roles, running, stopping, looking like a man possessed, frothing at the mouth. ONNECTIONS AND THE OVERALL UNITY TAKING HOLD OF OUR SOULS AND KEEPING THEM SUSPENDED IN THE MOST UNUSUAL SITUATION WHICH I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED DID I ADMIRE HIM OH YES I ADMIRED HIM WAS I TOUCHED WITH PITY I WAS TOUCHED WITH PITY BUT A TINGE OF RIDICULE WAS MIXED IN WITH THESE FEELINGS AND SPOILED THEM BUT YOU WOULD HAVE BURST OUT LAUGHING AT THE WAY IN WHICH HE IMITATED THE DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS WITH HIS CHEEKS SWOLLEN ALL PUFFED OUT AND WITH HARSH DARK SOUNDS HE DELIVERED THE HORNS AND BASSOONS FOR THE OBOES HE PRODUCED A SHRILL NASAL TONE AND THEN ACCELERATED HIS VOICE WITH AN AMAZING SPEED FOR THE STRINGED INSTRUMENTS TRYING TO FIND THE BEST APPROXIMATIONS FOR THEIR SOUNDS HE WHISTLED FOR THE PICCOLOS WARBLED FOR THE FLUTES SHOUTING SINGING CARRYING ON LIKE A MANIAC ACTING OUT BY HIMSELF THE MALE AND FEMALE DANCERS AND SINGERS AN ENTIRE ORCHESTRA THE WHOLE MUSICAL COMPANY DIVIDING HIMSELF INTO TWENTY DIFFERENT ROLLS RUNNING STOPPING LOOKING LIKE A MAN POSSESSED FROTHING AT THE MOUTH
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