The Impossible Cube: a Novel of the Clockwork Empire
“Gavin took Alice’s hand, and they slid down the elephant’s backside even as Dodd called forward the Great Mordovo, Magician Extraordinaire. The circus had spread throughout the courtyard, leaving a wide space in front in an impromptu ring. Gavin wove his way to the rear of the waiting performers, his heart in his mouth. Bonzini, the clown whose wig and nose Gavin had borrowed back in Luxembourg, gave him a quizzical look as the banqueters gave light applause to Mordovo’s first trick.
“Did she s...ee us?” Alice asked. She clutched at the whistle hanging from its chain from around her neck.
“I doubt it. Phipps wouldn’t have let us get away if she had.”
At the back, near the closed gate, they found Kemp standing not far from the automaton guard in his guard house. He came forward when he saw Alice. The animal cages and other performers hid them from view. The people stood around, waiting quietly for their turn. It wasn’t the entire circus, just the performers whose acts didn’t require much in the way of setup—clowns, the magician, acrobats, animal acts both living and mechanical, horse girls, and the calliope.MoreLess
“Did she s...ee us?” Alice asked. She clutched at the whistle hanging from its chain from around her neck.
“I doubt it. Phipps wouldn’t have let us get away if she had.”
At the back, near the closed gate, they found Kemp standing not far from the automaton guard in his guard house. He came forward when he saw Alice. The animal cages and other performers hid them from view. The people stood around, waiting quietly for their turn. It wasn’t the entire circus, just the performers whose acts didn’t require much in the way of setup—clowns, the magician, acrobats, animal acts both living and mechanical, horse girls, and the calliope.MoreLess
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