Little Nell and her grandfather have encountered a couple men who run a Punch and Judy show, and are making repairs on the puppets. Asked why they are doing it in the churchyard, the owner replies:
"'Why you see,' rejoined the little man, 'we're putting up for to-night at the public-house yonder, and it wouldn't do to let 'em see the present company undergoing repair."
To be sure a strolling player might not know the difference, but "illusion" is what theatre hopes to achieve.