He was dancing clumsily on the corrugated iron, and gesticulating, with his long, shaggy hands.

Nickie was declaring with the warmth of absolute conviction that he was a king, but the yelling of the crowd rendered his speech inaudible.
"I'm a king!" cried the Missing Link.

"Behold in me your rightful sovereign.

Bow down t' ye ri'ful sovereign, ye base born!" He threw five fried sausages into the crowd.
The crowd continued yelling, and Nickie broke into a vain-glorious song, and capered like an idiot brandishing a Vienna loaf.
Professor Thunder beat on his forehead like the baffled villain in the play.

"Ten thousand furies!" he howled, and dashed for the stairs.
While the Missing Link was still capering, Professor Thunder appeared at the window.