One, with a fan and some bits of paper, performed the graceful trick of the butterflies and the flowers; another traced in the air, with the odorous smoke of his pipe, a series of blue words, which composed a compliment to the audience; while a third juggled with some lighted candles, which he extinguished successively as they passed his lips, and relit again without interrupting for an instant his juggling.
Otro trazaba, con el perfumado ~umo de su pipa, una serie de palabras azuladas, que formaban en el aire un letrero de cumplido para la concurrencia. Este jugaba con bujías encendidas, que apagaba sucesivamente, al pasar delante de sus labios, y encendía una con otra, sin interrumpir el juego.