Proved him “wrathy and riled,”

He would not draw it mild,

But would, sans apology, let out on such

Occasions a torrent of very low Dutch.

One can scarce feel surprise, then, considering the urgency

Of the case, that he cried in the present emergency,

Ach donner und blitzen” (a taste of his lingo),

“He’ll escape, by—” (I don’t know the German for “jingo”).

Tausend teufel! sturmwetter!

To think I should let a