"Now we have made an agreement, and
if you do not exhibit, or if your dwarf dies
during the two months you shall not get
back your money."
"All right," thought I; "if you are satisfied I
am sure I have every reason to be so." I
then hired at a large rent, the SalleMusard,
Rue Vivienne, in a central and fashionable
quarter close by the boulevards, and
engaged an interpreter, ticket-seller, and
a small but excellent orchestra. In fact, I
made the most complete arrangements,
even to starting the preliminary paragraphs
in the Paris papers; and after calling on
theHonorable William Rufus King, the
United States Minister at the Court of
France—who assured me that after my
success in London there would be no
difficulty whatever in my presentation to
King Louis Philippe and family—I returned
to England.
I went back to Paris with General Tom
Thumb and party some time before
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