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+ | ====== on the origin of Boy Troupes ====== | ||
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+ | Miss Thimblebelly looks abashed for a moment, and surprised at the hubbub that her innocent remarks have caused, then smiles brightly at the Marquis. " | ||
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+ | "When I first heard the rhythmic beats of this new European (for so I thought, being unaware of its origins in Darkest Africa) Jungle music, I found myself possessed of a great desire to dance. So dance I did! And dance, and dance, feeling myself grow ever more ecstatic, until finally the sun rose, and I realised that all the other poker players had finished the game and gone home. | ||
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+ | "I simply had to hear this music again. Unfortunately the performers had continued on their tour - to Spain, so I discovered, and having no desire to once again fall foul of the Inquisition in that country, I could not follow. So I searched among the performing troupes of my own country, but alas, no music like it was to be found among any of them. | ||
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+ | "I found myself disheartened and dismayed, but then said to myself " | ||
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+ | "I had envisioned singing, and dancing, and the playing of music, and the wearing of colourful costumes in velvet and brocade and with many sequins, and though at that last they proved to be quite adept, the bugle is really not an instrument for the beginner, and neither is the harmonica, and have you ever tried to dance with a harpsichord? | ||
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+ | "This necessitated a slight change in plan, and, leaving the playing of instruments to others, I concentrated on getting them to sing, in marvelous harmony, and dance (naturally in a synchronised manner, as is all proper dancing). I was somewhat successful in this regard, however to my great dismay and embarrassment they never did master any other performing skills; not juggling, nor puppetry, nor sword-swallowing, | ||
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+ | She demonstrates using a smouldering cocktail (formerly a flaming cocktail), that has been sitting on the table. | ||
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+ | "No, they preferred to concentrate on their hair, of all things, and I had not the heart to dissuade them, nor the heart to break up the group and send them all back to their former dreary lives. During the course of their training they had all become exceedingly close, and I, rather fond of them. | ||
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+ | She blushes, " | ||
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+ | "So I pride myself on having had something of an educational effect on the youth of many small English villages, although I must take some responsibility for the veritable plague of similar troupes that has since swept the countryside, | ||
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+ | Back to [[the_honourable_clare_thimblebelly_of_lower_cannonboroughbury]] | ||
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