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.
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.