The rest of the company were decorously seated in the crimson and gilded

arm-chairs, some listening with interest to what was going on, others

holding whispered tete-a-tetes, and all very still and respectful.

Sir Norman's interest was aroused to the highest pitch; he imprudently

leaned forward too far, in order to bear and see, and lost his balance.

He felt he was going, and tried to stop himself, but in vain; and seeing

there was no help for it, he made a sudden spring, and landed right in

the midst of the assembly.




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