Chapter 23

           Thenextmorningpoor,jaded,famishedPassepartoutsaidtohimselfthathemustgetsomethingtoeatatallhazards,andthesoonerhedidsothebetter.Hemight,indeed,sellhiswatch;buthewouldhavestarvedfirst.Noworneverhemustusethestrong,ifnotmelodiousvoicewhichnaturehadbestoweduponhim.HeknewseveralFrenchandEnglishsongs,andresolvedtotrythemupontheJapanese,whomustbeloversofmusic,sincetheywereforeverpoundingontheircymbals,tam-tams,andtambourines,andcouldnotbutappreciateEuropeantalent.

           Itwas,perhaps,ratherearlyinthemorningtogetupaconcert,andtheaudienceprematurelyarousedfromtheirslumbers,mightnotpossiblypaytheirentertainerwithcoinbearingtheMikado’sfeatures.Passepartoutthereforedecidedtowaitseveralhours;and,ashewassaunteringalong,itoccurredtohimthathewouldseemrathertoowelldressedforawanderingartist.Theideastruckhimtochangehisgarmentsforclothesmoreinharmonywithhisproject;bywhichhemightalsogetalittlemoneytosatisfytheimmediatecravingsofhunger.Theresolutiontaken,itremainedtocarryitout.

           ItwasonlyafteralongsearchthatPassepartoutdiscoveredanativedealerinoldclothes,towhomheappliedforanexchange.ThemanlikedtheEuropeancostume,anderelongPassepartoutissuedfromhisshopaccoutredinanoldJapanesecoat,andasortofone-sidedturban,fadedwithlonguse.Afewsmallpiecesofsilver,moreover,jingledinhispocket.

           Good!"thoughthe."IwillimagineIamattheCarnival!"

           Hisfirstcare,afterbeingthus"Japanesed,"wastoenteratea-houseofmodestappearance,and,uponhalfabirdandalittlerice,tobreakfastlikeamanforwhomdinnerwasasyetaproblemtobesolved.

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