he could get no answer
“Oh, yes! Isn’t it cruel to keep her shut up in that case,” cried the Wallypug. “I’m sure she’s alive, for we could see her breathing quite distinctly. I was so concerned about it that I asked the Doctor-in-Law to speak to a policeman who was standing near by about it. But he could get no answer from him, and we found out afterwards that he was only a wax figure.”
“The best thig of all,” remarked A. Fish, Esq., “was whed we all pretended that we—”
“Dear me, it’s very warm!” interrupted the Doctor-in-Law. “Let’s change the subject.”
“Pretended that we—” continued A. Fish, Esq.
“Hush—sh—sh—!” cried the Doctor-in-Law in a warning voice.
“The fact of the matter is,” explained the Rhymester, “the Doctor-in-Law got us all to pretend that we were wax figures ourselves, and he tied little money boxes in front of us with the words: ‘Put a penny in the slot and the figure will move,’ written on them, and when anyone put a penny in we all moved our heads and rolled our eyes about.”
“I didn’t!” said the Wallypug.
“No, I know you didn’t,” replied the Rhymester. “And the Doctor-in-Law had to explain that you were out of order, and that’s how we were found out, for the people wanted their money back and he wouldn’t give it to them, so they called the attendant, and we had to go out as quickly as we could.”