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]