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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. 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
 of the deep, and he waded out with a twelve-inch flower-pot on each foot. As he was strictly forbidden to meddle with flower-pots in real life, he felt triumphantly wicked. The movements of the grown-ups, whom Georgie tolerated, but did not pretend to understand, removed his world, when he was seven years old, to a place called “Oxford-on-a-visit. “Here were huge buildings surrounded by vast prairies, with streets of 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 “auditale” but that his nurse led him away to an afternoon performance of a thing called “Pepper’s Ghost.” IND OF SPELL FOR IT RAISED THE BOTTOM OF THE DEEP AND HE WADED OUT WITH A TWELVE INCH FLOWER POT ON EACH FOOT AS HE WAS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN TO MEDDLE WITH FLOWER POTS IN REAL LIFE HE FELT TRIUMPHANTLY WICKED THE MOVEMENTS OF GROWN UPS WHOM GEORGIE TOLERATED BUT DID NOT PRETEND TO UNDERSTAND REMOVED HIS WORLD WHEN HE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD TO A PLACE CALLED OXFORD ON A VISIT HERE WERE HUGE BUILDINGS SURROUNDED BY VAST PRAIRIES WITH STREETS OF 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
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