In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, grifters The Duke and The Dauphin go from town to town putting on a much-hyped play The Royal Nonesuch, for three nights. Half the town attends the first night, which “…turns out to be only a couple of minutes’ worth of an absurd, bawdy sham.” (Thank you Wikipedia—I had forgotten the details.) Those who attended, not wanting to admit that they alone had been scammed, talk the play up and the remainder of the town attend the second night. By the third night, after all those who had attended had conferred and prepared suitable punishment (tar and feathers?), they find that there is no third night—the grifters had expected this and had skipped town.
Dunno if Scratch has plans to scarper; maybe he just thinks that the mice will take it all with a sense of humour?
In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, grifters The Duke and The Dauphin go from town to town putting on a much-hyped play The Royal Nonesuch, for three nights. Half the town attends the first night, which “…turns out to be only a couple of minutes’ worth of an absurd, bawdy sham.” (Thank you Wikipedia—I had forgotten the details.) Those who attended, not wanting to admit that they alone had been scammed, talk the play up and the remainder of the town attend the second night. By the third night, after all those who had attended had conferred and prepared suitable punishment (tar and feathers?), they find that there is no third night—the grifters had expected this and had skipped town.
Dunno if Scratch has plans to scarper; maybe he just thinks that the mice will take it all with a sense of humour?