The White Elephant Mystery (1950) - Plot & Excerpts
They didn’t bother him with questions because he seemed to be deeply absorbed with his thoughts and they didn’t want to annoy him. They even refrained from questioning him when he nodded to a man who was eight feet tall and wore high-heeled cowboy’s boots to make him look even taller. With the giant were three midgets whose heads came just about even with the giant’s knees, and a slim woman with a mustache and a beard that came down to her knees. All five of these side-show people were chatting merrily, but Djuna noticed that when one of the midgets spoke to the giant it seemed to be two or three seconds after the midget spoke before the giant answered. He supposed it was because it took such a long time for the midget’s voice to get up to the giant’s ears. Then they were inside the marquee that led to the big top, and a moment later were staring up at the great space around them as they stood in the shavings on the hippodrome track and looked up at the flying rig that was being erected in the ring nearest to the main entrance to the tent.
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