iring fromStickerys gun was nothing to this, for not only were his ears as-sailed, but his hind quarters smarted with every explosion as if hehad been shot. Away he ran through thick and thin ; and instead of followingthe course that had been opened for him, he dashed off at anangle, and capsizing… … It would be impossible to describe the scampering, panic andconfusion which there were at this moment,—shrieks from thewomen and children, shouts from the men. All made a rushaltogether : the show-men left their shows, the stall-people theirstalls, and ran they minded not whither, tumbling over…
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