Mrs.Sieppe was exasperated at once.
"No, no," she cried, reseating him brusquely.
The performance was resumed.

A lightning artist appeared, drawing caricatures and portraits with incredible swiftness.

He even went so far as to ask for subjects from the audience, and the names of prominent men were shouted to him from the gallery.

He drew portraits of the President, of Grant, of Washington, of Napoleon Bonaparte, of Bismarck, of Garibaldi, of P.T.

Barnum.
And so the evening passed.