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that it was unquestionably to be regarded in the light of a liberty, was
particularly disagreeable just after bread and meat. I therefore hit out
at him and was going to hit out again, when he said, "Aha! Would you?" and
began dancing backwards and forwards in a manner quite unparalleled within
my limited experience.

"Laws of the game!" said he. Here he skipped from his left leg on to his
right. "Regular rules!" Here he skipped from his right leg on to his left.
"Come to the ground and go through the preliminaries!" Here he dodged
backwards and forwards, and did all sorts of things, while I looked
helplessly at him. I was secretly afraid of him, but I felt convinced that


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