nd with great frequency. They wound up by dancing together.
They twinkled their toes and alighted on the tips of them like Adeline
Genee and, as their heels were cunningly jointed and balanced, they could
also walk like ordinary mortals, or at least as well as any marionette.
He assisted her to leap up and pose in an attitude while standing on his
knee, and they waltzed round one another and did all the things that one
has learnt to expect from opera dancers.

The name of the Gran Turco was Piriteddu cu Giummu. He was accompanied
by Pasquino and danced while Pasquino went and fetched him a lighted
candle. He lighted his pipe at the flame and puffed real smoke out of
his mouth. After which Pasquino blew out the candle and they danced
together.

The Ubbriaco, whose name was Funcia, asked Pasquino for wine, and drank
it out of the bottle with consequences that might have been anticipated,
but may not be described. When he had done drinking, he threw the bottle
away, dancing all the time. He took off his coat and threw it away, then
unbuttoned his trousers and took them off, threw them away and went on
dancing in his shirt.

"He is a very common man," said the buffo apologetically; "a fellow of no
education."

This constant introduction of Pasquino must not be taken as involving any
anachronism. Pasquino is like Love, he is not Time's fool. Never having
been born, he can never die, and never to die is to be immortal.
Accordingly, whenever a comic servant is wanted, whether as a messenger
from a castle which is being stormed by Samson, or to assist a Grand Turk
or a drunkard of no definite period, or to accompany a paladin on a
journey, be put into prison with him and help him to escape, or merely on
behalf of the proprietor of the show to invite the people to to-morrow's
performance, Pasquino is always there, with his dialect and his comic
relief, to undertake the job. He works harder than any other marionette
and consequently is always requiring renovation.

There is so much renovation going on among the puppets that the buffo
cannot tell exactly how many there are at any particular time. He says
their number is fluid, and supposes that it rises and falls round about
five hundred. They are very heavy, especially those in armour, and vary
in height from twenty-six to thirty inches, giants being thirty-four
inches. They must represent a large capital, for a well-made marionette
in full armour will cost as mu