That he never has time to be sad.”

“This is our man,” the courier said;

“Our luck has led us aright.

I will give you a hundred ducats, friend,

For the loan of your shirt to-night.”

The merry blackguard lay back on the grass,

And laughed till his face was black;

“I would do it,” said he, and he roared with the fun,

“But I haven’t a shirt to my back.”

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