Lord Peter views the body

by Dorothy L. Sayers

1.I. If step by step the Steppes you wander through

Many of those in this, of these in those you'll view.

"Bunter," said Lord Peter, "bring me a whisky-and-soda!"

11.I. If me without my head you do,

Then generously my head renew,

Or put it to my hinder end—

Your cheer it shall nor mar nor mend.

1.II. Quietly, quietly, 'twixt edge and edge,

Do this unto the thin end of the wedge.

10.II. "Something that hath a reference to my state?"