Arreplega tot un seguici de xicots interessats per aquell espectacle; i un d'ells, a qui havia calgut tallar el dit i que havia estat un centre de fascinació i homenatge fins aleshores, es troba ara, de cop i volta, sense cap partidari, i tonsurat de la seva gloria.
He gathered quite a following of lads interested in the exhibition; and one that had cut his finger and had been a centre of fascination and homage up to this time, now found himself suddenly without an adherent, and shorn of his glory.