Fourth Evening"This evening I saw a German play acted," said the Moon.
"It was in a little town. A stable had been turned into a theatre;
that is to say, the stable had been left standing, and had been
turned into private boxes, and all the timber work had been covered
with coloured paper. A little iron chandelier hung beneath the
ceiling, and that it might be made to disappear into the ceiling,
as it does in great theatres, when the ting-ting of the prompter's
bell is heard, a great inverted tub has been placed just above
it.
"'Ting-ting!' and the little iron chandelier suddenly rose
at least half a yard and disappeared in the tub; and that was the
sign that the play was going to begin. A young nobleman and his
lady, who happened to be passing through the little town, were
pr
