Nolan was never abusive, like Steve sometimes is. But he

the first thing be did was to exhibit his show, sometimes one story,

sometimes another, but all lively, amusing, and familiar. As soon as

the exhibition was over he brought forward the accomplishments of

his ape, assuring the public that he divined all the past and the

present, but as to the future he had no skill. For each question

answered he asked two reals, and for some he made a reduction, just as

he happened to feel the pulse of the questioners; and when now and

then he came to houses where things that he knew of had happened to

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