(Sounds of revelry from the Bar mess-room.)
"Keep that door shut!"
"May the witnesses go in the third case after this, my lord?"
"I don't know how long this case will last. I am here to do the work of—"
("Jolly good fellow!" from the mess-room.)
"Keep that door shut!"
"What is your case, Mr.——?"
"It's slander, my lord—one butcher calling another a rogue; similar to the present case."
"Does he justify?"
"Oh no, my lord." It was now on the stroke of twelve.