; and the way they laid on, and pranced around the raft was grand to see. But by-and-by the king tripped and fell overboard, and after that they took a rest, and had a talk about all kinds of adventures they'd had in other times along the river.
? ? ? ? After dinner, the duke says:
? ? ? ? "Well, Capet, we'll want to make this a first-class show, you know, so I guess we'll add a little more to it. We want a little something to answer encores with, anyway."
? ? ? ? "What's onkores, Bilgewater?"
? ? ? ? The duke told him, and then says:
? ? ? ? "I'll answer by doing the Highland fling or the sailor's hornpipe; and you- well, let me see- oh, I've got it- you can do Hamlet's soliloquy."
? ? ? ? "Hamlet's which?"
? ? ? ? "Hamlet's soliloquy, you know; the most celebrated thing in Shakespeare. Ah, it's sublime, sublime! Always fetches the house. I haven't got it in the book- I've only got one volume- but I reckon I can piece it out from memory. I'll just walk up and down a minute, and see if I can call it back from recollection's vaults.
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