"You must learn to draw the line somewhere."
Monday here rapped the ground with his wand to secure attention.
Silence having been gained, he addressed them thus—
"Before we leave dis part of de entertainment," he said, "I conclude de exhibition of one more animal. For reasons dat I need not mention, I shall leave you to guess at de name of dis animal. It is a small animal dat lives on wums."
"Wums?"
"Yes."
"What are they?"
"On wums, scriggley wums and insects, and burrows in the earth."
"Why, dear me," said young Jack, innocently, "that must be a mole."
Before a word could be said, back went the curtain, and Nero was discovered walking upon a pair of wooden stilts.