Summary

Chapter 10: Fevvers receives so many flowers from her admirers she begins to redirect them to the hospital ward. Even though she is inundated with offers and invitations, she accepts only one: from the Grand Duke, who sent her the diamond bracelet. Along with his invitation he sends diamond earrings, promising a diamond necklace to match when she dines with him after the final performance.

On the last night of performance, Buffo the Great goes drinking with Lamarck. Little Ivan tracks him down in one of the bars and finds him seriously drunk and barely able to walk. He takes him back to Clown Alley where Grik and Grok try to repair his make-up, as his natural face is showing through the white grease paint. Buffo is a mean drunk and the clowns are worried what will happen during their act. Buffo, however, is ready to...