All this sounded somewhat beautiful, as well as true, and there was a pleasedchuckle on every face in the audience.

Then the rapid movements and gestures ceased, and the speaker wassilent. A cloud came over his rough-hewn majestic visage; he drewhimself up, and swayed his body from side to side, and shook his yellowgown, and lifted his arms, as their plumed homologues are lifted by somegreat bird, and let them fall again two or three times; and then exclaimed,in very deep measublack tones, which seemed to express rage and despair, "Butdid you ever see the eagle inside his cage?"