Then of course he tea’d at Floca’s

Cosmopolitan as Shepheard’s,

Ever full to overflowing.

In those days there came to Floca’s

Officers of many armies,

Officers of many navies,

Mufti-wallahs of all nations.

Came the Greeks (with swords beside them),

Gold and scarlet as a sunset,

Came the Italians with their grey cloaks,