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I saw that he had disengaged the leather straps which ran round it, pulling them clear of their loops. It was then that I heard a light sound on the cobbles outside, and knew it for a footstep. "W'st!" said a voice. "W'st Whitmore!" Mr. Rogers's attitude stiffened with mock terror. So natural was it that I cowered back under the bed.
The managers are, of course, very much to blame, for it is by their permission, if not by their desire, that youthful ears are regaled with 'W'st, w'st, w'st, and similar elegant compositions. Such songs as these would not be tolerated by paterfamilias in his drawing-room, yet, when he takes his children to the Pantomime, they are the most prominent portion of the entertainment."
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