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Georgie did not know what illusions were, but he did know that a mirror was the looking glass with the ivory handle on his mother's dressing table. GEORGIE DID NOT KNOW WHAT ILLUSIONS WERE BUT HE DID KNOW THAT A MIRROR WAS THE LOOKING GLASS WITH THE IVORY HANDLE ON HIS MOTHER'S DRESSING TABLE
e all, something called the “buttery,” which Georgie was dying to see, because he knew it must be greasy, and therefore delightful. He perceived how correct were his judgments when his nurse led him through a stone arch into the presence of an enormously fat man, who asked him if he would like some, bread and cheese. Georgie was used to eat all round the clock, so he took what “buttery” gave him, and would have taken some brown liquid called “auditale” but that his nurse led him away to an afternoon performance of a thing called “Pepper’s Ghost.” This was intensely thrilling. People’s heads came off and flew all over the stage, and skeletons danced bone by bone, while Mr. Pepper himself, beyond question a man of the worst, waved his arms and flapped a long gown, and in a deep bass voice (Georgie had never heard a man sing before) told of his sorrows unspeakable. Some grown-up or other tried to explain that the illusion was made with mirrors, and that there was no need to be frightened.  INFINITE LENGTH AND ABOVE ALL SOMETHING CALLED THE BUTTERY WHICH GEORGIE WAS DYING TO SEE BECAUSE HE KNEW IT MUST BE GREASY AND THEREFORE DELIGHTFUL HE PERCEIVED HOW CORRECT WERE HIS JUDGMENTS WHEN HIS NURSE LED HIM THROUGH A STONE ARCH INTO THE PRESENCE OF AN ENORMOUSLY FAT MAN WHO ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD LIKE SOME BREAD AND CHEESE GEORGIE WAS USED TO EAT ALL ROUND THE CLOCK SO HE TOOK WHAT BUTTERY GAVE HIM AND WOULD HAVE TAKEN SOME BROWN LIQUID CALLED OR DETAIL BUT THAT HIS NURSE LED HIM AWAY TO AN AFTERNOON PERFORMANCE OF A THING CALLED PEPPER'S GHOST THIS WAS INTENSELY THRILLING PEOPLE'S HEADS CAME OFF AND FLEW ALL ROUND THE STAGE AND SKELETONS DANCED BONE BY BONE WHILE MISTER PEPPER HIMSELF BEYOND QUESTION A MAN OF THE WORST WAVED HIS ARMS AND FLAPPED A LONG GOWN AND IN A DEEP BASS VOICE GEORGIE HAD NEVER HEARD A MAN SING BEFORE TOLD OF HIS SORROWS UNSPEAKABLE SOME GROWN UP OR OTHER TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT THE ILLUSION WAS MADE WITH MIRRORS AND THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO BE FRIGHTENED
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