Then raised his hat; I bowed at that,

And then, remaining where I sat,

Went on to Turnham Green, sir.

XXIV.
THAT OF THE FAIRY GRANDMOTHER AND THE
COMPANY PROMOTER.

A Company Promoter was Septimus Sharpe,

And the subject is he of this ditty;

He'd his name—nothing more—

Painted on the glass door

Of an office high up on the toppermost floor