With him retired his "posse comitatus,"
The attorney last, who lingered near the door
Reluctantly, still tarrying there as late as
Antonia let him—not a little sore
At this most strange and unexplained "hiatus"
In Don Alfonso's facts, which just now wore
An awkward look; as he revolved the case,
The door was fastened in his legal face.
CLXV.
No sooner was it bolted, than—Oh Shame!