Puck: his vicissitudes, adventures, observations, conclusions, friendships, and philosophies . erfeit the Hudibrastic strengthand the Rabelaisean mirth that is not in them nor intheir times. There !—that is not mine; I heardDerry Denzil say itj so take it for what it isworth. As for the Mice—that is a name we giveLeo Lance, and Derry, and a few others. Theyvea paper they call the Mouse, \ a sort of burlesque 204 PUCK. itself^ only Denzil pours real acid into it^—and tlieyare all mice that write for it; and there^s nothingthey don^t nibble at^ and the trapes not set yet thatcan catch them. But
Puck: his vicissitudes, adventures, observations, conclusions, friendships, and philosophies . erfeit the Hudibrastic strengthand the Rabelaisean mirth that is not in them nor intheir times. There !—that is not mine; I heardDerry Denzil say itj so take it for what it isworth. As for the Mice—that is a name we giveLeo Lance, and Derry, and a few others. Theyvea paper they call the Mouse, \ a sort of burlesque 204 PUCK. itself^ only Denzil pours real acid into it^—and tlieyare all mice that write for it; and there^s nothingthey don^t nibble at^ and the trapes not set yet thatcan catch them. But for mercy^s sake, do hold yourtongue,, and let me be quiet and get some me when the clock strikes eight, and dontsay a syllable earlier. And she curled herself up and slept, and noeflForts of mine could arouse her. As for me, I satthe whole time bolt upright, quivering all over withexcitement ; — mice, actors, thieves, sovereigns,cheese-baited traps, and ivory prayer-books, chasingeach other in wild confusion and discord throughmy brain. Into what a world I had alighted!. CHAPTER XI. HE SEES SOCIETY.
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