But the merry compositor inserted a period, which was left undisturbed by the proofreader, so that the published statement ran:
"The lady lecturer on dress wore nothing. That was remarkable."
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The poet, in a fine frenzy, dashed off a line that was really superb:
"See the pale martyr in his sheet of fire."
The devilish compositor so tangled the words that, when the poem was published, this line read:
"See the pale martyr with his shirt on fire."
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The critic, in his review of the burlesque, wrote:
"The ladies of Prince Charming's household troops filled their parts to perfection."