[Peg Woffington by Charles Reade]@TWC D-Link bookPeg Woffington CHAPTER VIII 17/25
She gave a wild Irish horroo.
She put the fiddle in Triplet's hand. "The wind that shakes the barley, ye divil!" cried she. Triplet went _hors de lui;_ he played like Paganini, or an intoxicated demon.
Woffington covered the buckle in gallant style; she danced, the children danced.
Triplet fiddled and danced, and flung his limbs in wild dislocation: the wineglasses danced; and last, Mrs.Triplet was observed to be bobbing about on her sofa, in a monstrous absurd way, droning out the tune, and playing her hands with mild enjoyment, all to herself. Woffington pointed out this pantomimic soliloquy to the two boys, with a glance full of fiery meaning.
This was enough.
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