the spider would have had neither , so barring unusual circumstancesfor example , barring the case that he had been hailed a genius in advance of any attempt to prove ithe would have found himself standing awkwardly on the stage of a concert hall at his first performance as a conductor , struggling to pick up the baton with his flimsy legs , and finally giving up the whole charade to confess his fraudulence to himself , his audience , and his theretofore awaiting gaggle of goose-necked players .