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English
1823
At the moment chosen by the artist, he had just succeeded in cracking the bridegroom's skull. "We must see this," said we to ourselves. "This is good." And we had a bob's worth. AT THE MOMENT CHOSEN BY THE ARTIST HE HAD JUST SUCCEEDED IN CRACKING THE BRIDEGROOM'S SKULL WE MUST SEE THIS WE SAID TO OURSELVES THIS IS GOOD AND WE HAD A BOBSWORTH
was depicted as doing on the posters outside. They were really marvelous, the things he did on that poster. In the right-hand upper corner he appeared running across country on all fours, with a red herring sticking out from his coat-tails, while far behind came hounds and horsemen hunting him. But their chance of ever catching him up was clearly hopeless. To the left he was represented as running away over one of the wildest and most rugged bits of landscape we have ever seen with a very big man on his back. Six policemen stood scattered about a mile behind him. They had evidently been running after him, but had at last given up the pursuit as useless. In the center of the poster he was having a friendly fight with seventeen ladies and gentlemen. Judging from the costumes, the affair appeared to be a wedding. A few of the guests had already been killed and lay dead about the floor. The survivors, however, were enjoying themselves immensely, and of all that gay group he was the gayest. AN DO THE THINGS HE WAS DEPICTED AS DOING ON THE POSTERS OUTSIDE THEY WERE REALLY MARVELLOUS THE THINGS HE DID ON THAT POSTER IN THE RIGHT UPPER HAND CORNER HE APPEARED RUNNING ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON ALL FOURS WITH A RED HERRING STICKING OUT OF HIS COAT TAILS WHILE FAR BEHIND HIM CAME HOUNDS AND OSMEN HUNTING HIM BUT THEIR CHANCE OF EVER CATCHING HIM WAS CLEARLY HOPELESS TO THE LEFT HE WAS REPRESENTED AS RUNNING AWAY OVER ONE OF THE WILDEST AND MOST RUGGED BITS OF LANDSCAPE WE HAVE EVER SEEN WITH A VERY BIG MAN ON HIS BACK SIX POLICEMEN STOOD SCATTERED ABOUT A MILE BEHIND HIM THEY HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN RUNNING AFTER HIM BUT HAD AT LAST GIVEN UP THE PURSUIT AS USELESS IN THE CENTRE OF THE POSTER HE WAS HAVING A FRIENDLY FIGHT WITH SEVENTEEN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN JUDGING FROM THE COSTUMES THE AFFAIR APPEARED TO BE A WEDDING A FEW OF THE GUESTS HAD ALREADY BEEN KILLED AND LAY ABOUT AT THE FLOOR THE SURVIVORS HOWEVER WERE ENJOYING THEMSELVES IMMENSELY AND OF ALL THAT GAY GROUP HE WAS THE GAYEST
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