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Of course she was prone on Mother Earth and her tresses were much dishevelled, but she looked lovely after all, in comparison with me, the humble 'supe' and lightning-change artist; yet I kept my temper, at least I kept it until the Reverend Ronald observed, after escorting us through the gap in the wall, "By the way, Miss Hamilton, there was a gentleman from Paris at your cottage, and he is walking down the road to meet you."
I don't appreciate it, myself. Such lightning-change business may be all very agreeable in a girl. It is those poets. A woman's tears do not make one wet, but the rain does; and her coldness does not lay the foundations of asthma and rheumatism, as the east wind is apt to. I can prepare for and put up with a regularly bad day, but these ha'porth-of-all-sorts kind of days do not suit me.
The Emperor's constant change of uniform is often said to be a sign of his liking for the theatrical, and writers have compared him on this account with lightning-change artists like the great Fregoli.
People want to smash England, of course, because, as they explain, she brought on the war and is trying to starve them, and they roar with the applause when the lightning-change man at the Wintergarten impersonates Hindenburg, because Hindenburg is a grand old scout who is keeping those millions of slovenly Russians from overrunning our tidy, busy, well-ordered Germany. But Treitschke who was he?
"A sort of lightning-change artist," said Cleary. "He could make his fortune at a continuous performance." In the dark Sam blushed for his friend, but fortunately their companion did not understand the allusion. "You should have seen him when he visited our Queen," he said. "She came to meet him in the uniform of a Tutonian hussar, breeches and all. You can imagine how he was touched by it.
Of all the lightning-change acts I have ever seen, this was certainly the extreme tip of the limit! "'What do you think of it? he asked, grinning, jamming his whiskers still further into his pocket. "'Wonderful! said I. "'Now, said he confidently, 'I am absolutely safe, and I don't think the stout party saw you. Don't worry. I caught only my reflection in the little swinish eyes.
The leaders of this huge party proclaimed on July 25th that Austria was the blood-guilty power and maintained this attitude in spite of bloodshed till 11 p.m. on July 28th. By what lightning-change Austria's original guilt was transferred to Russia by July 31st is not recorded. With regard to the text of the above proclamation, there are variations to be noted.
But I had to put every ounce there was in my six feet of weary bones into lightning-change wrenches to hold the old canoe head on to the splattering seas and keep her from swamping.
So much sickness, you know, in town. Ah, here she is. You are a lightning-change artist, Adrien." "How is Annette, Vic? Is she still living?" asked Patricia. "I don't know," replied Vic, wondering at the change in the girl before him. "Darling," said Adrien, "I will let you know at once. I hate to leave you." "Leave me!" cried Patricia. "Nonsense, Adrien, I shall be quite all right.
From saloon to salon, from kitchen to kirmess, from the faro table to the Queen's drawing-room, from the canvas trousers of the miner to Poole's creations, from the calico frock of the housemaid to Worth's dazzling masterpieces, from making omelets to sneering at operas, the great social lightning-change act goes on.
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