30 Tom Seven Years Old

 

quite a different manner, and turned his face
to the rows of people, smiling. There was
a princess also, who was dressed far more
grandly than Tom’s mamma or aunt. At the
end the clown and the little fairies ran in
again. Tom could not help asking if they
had been hiding all the time, and had seen all,
or had really been away, but Bob could not
tell him. They did not seem to be tired, for
they began to dance at once, and were still
dancing when the curtain moved down. The
prince and princess stood in the middle, smil-
ing, and appeared quite, quite happy.
“Good-bye, prince ; good-bye, princess.
I’m so glad it’s all right! Good-bye, clown,
!’’ called Tom, while
the boys and girls round were clapping their
hands loudly. Then he clapped his hands
also as loudly as he could, till they were quite
tired. The pantomime was done. It was
time to go home to bed. Everybody was
going home to bed, even the grown-up people.
They went out and back through a passage
intoacab, The gas was still blazing in the

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