Chapter SixThe applause in the big top was deafening.
Sedela, looking at the happy faces of the children, knew that it was a huge success.
The monkeys climbed up and down the poles and their antics caused shrieks of laughter.
The lions, while in fact quite quiet, seemed, like the tigers, terrifying enough as they padded round the ring and the snakes moved obediently in response to the Indian’s pipe.
They were watched with an awe that kept everybody silent.
The greatest success of all was the elephant.
It was not a very large one, but the children found him fascinating especially when the clowns came in riding or falling off his back.
The Marquis and Sedela had organised everything most efficiently down to the last detail.
The circus performance started at five o’clock and ended at
