One, with a fan and some bits of paper, performed the graceful trick of the butterflies and the flowers; another traced in the air, with the odorous smoke of his pipe, a series of blue words, which composed a compliment to the audience; while a third juggled with some lighted candles, which he extinguished successively as they passed his lips, and relit again without interrupting for an instant his juggling.
L'un, armé de son éventail et de petits morceaux de papier, exécutait l'exercice si gracieux des papillons et des fleurs. Un autre, avec la fumée odorante de sa pipe, traçait rapidement dans l'air une série de mots bleuâtres, qui formaient un compliment à l'adresse de l'assemblée.