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A lively, bustling, arch fellow, whose pack, and oaken ellwand studded duly with brass points, denoted him to be of Autolycus's profession, occupied a good deal of the attention, and furnished much of the amusement, of the evening. The pedlars of those days, it must be remembered, were men of far greater importance than the degenerate and degraded hawkers of our modern times.
In fact, Lance himself was so much carried away by the spirit of the thing, and so anxious about the performance, that he made all the rest, including Clement, join in singing Autolycus's song, which was to precede the procession, to a new setting of his own, before they dispersed. But Lance was beginning to dress in the morning when a knock came to his door. "A note from Mr. Flight, please, sir."
Come, then, and I will show you too a very trusty sign, that you may know me certainly and be assured in heart, the scar the boar dealt long ago with his white tusk, when I once journeyed to Parnassus with Autolycus's sons." So saying, he drew aside his rags from the great scar.
There the performers spread themselves out, singing Autolycus's song, led of course by MacProspero; Lady Rotherwood, with as much dignity as the occasion permitted, declared the bazaar open, and the Marquis hoped every one was going to ruin themselves in the cause of Christian education.
Wilkins's behaviour, with some surprise and distaste of the habit so evidently growing upon him. They came home, looking serious and tired: yet they could not account for their fatigue by the length of their walk, and Miss Monro, forgetting Autolycus's song, kept fidgeting about Ellinor, and wondering how it was she looked so pale, if she had only been as far as the Ash Meadow.
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