As is the custom of those Eastern climes,
To give some rebel Pacha a cravat—
For mutes are generally used for that.
XC.
They spoke by signs—that is, not spoke at all;
And looking like two Incubi, they glared
As Baba with his fingers made them fall
To heaving back the portal folds: it scared
Juan a moment, as this pair so small,
With shrinking serpent optics on him stared;[297]