You'll see my purpose shall not falter
I'll send at once for Lawyer Slymm,
My latest will to bring and alter."
I fear I lost my temper—quite;
I know I said what wasn't right;
You see, I felt it hard to bear
(And really, I contend, unfair),
To be misjudged like this.
I tried to argue, but 'twas vain,
"My mind is fixed—my way is plain,"