“Let us see,” he said. “How would this do?” And he gravely repeated the following:

“There once was a fortress named Gib,
Whose manners were haughty and—

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What rhymes with Gib?”

“Glib!” Blythe cried.

“Good!

Whose manners were haughty and glib.
If you tried to get in,
She replied with a grin,—

Quick! Give me another rhyme for Gib.”

“Rib!” Blythe suggested, audaciously.

“Excellent, excellent! Rib! Now, how does it go?