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We walked into a dirty little room full of flutes and fiddles and a fat man fiddling by the window, in a smell of cheese and medicines fit to knock you down. I was knocked down too, for the fat man jumped up and hit me a smack in the face. |
This is from “Brother Square-Toes” in Rewards and Fairies (1910). The hero is the boy Pharaoh who by accident finds himself on a boat sailing to Philadelphia, where there is a great enthusiasm for the French and their Revolution. |
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