AFTER THE THIRD SYLLABLE.

MR. PUSHINGTON. Muddled? Of _course_ it was muddled--you all called me a

liar before I opened my mouth!

THE REST. But you didn't seem to know how to begin, and we _had_ to

bring the Word in somehow.

PUSHINGTON. Bring it in?--but you needn't have let it _out_. There was

Settee there, shouting "liar" till he was black in the face. We must

have looked a set of idiots from the front. I sha'n't go in again

(_muttering_). It's no use acting Charades with people who don't

understand it. There; settle the Word yourselves!

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