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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

CHAPTER XX
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In another bill he was the "world-renowned Shakespearian tragedian, Garrick the Younger, of Drury Lane, London." In other bills he had a lot of other names and done other wonderful things, like finding water and gold with a "divining-rod," "dissipating witch spells," and so on.

By and by he says: "But the histrionic muse is the darling.

Have you ever trod the boards, Royalty ?" "No," says the king.
"You shall, then, before you're three days older, Fallen Grandeur," says the duke.

"The first good town we come to we'll hire a hall and do the sword fight in Richard III.

and the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet.
How does that strike you ?" "I'm in, up to the hub, for anything that will pay, Bilgewater; but, you see, I don't know nothing about play-actin', and hain't ever seen much of it.


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