Was angry. No; he merely smiled.
But, oh! my friends, the legal smile
Is not to trust. 'Tis full of guile.
(So smiles the hungry crocodile.)
"I see," Webbe most politely said,
"My worthy sir, your point of view.
You're wealthy; I am poor. Of course,
What I proposed would never do.
If only, now, I'd property,
And you were—well, as poor as me——"