Or at least a third-class smoker,

And he called to mind the adage,

“Third-class riding’s always better,

Better far than first-class walking.”

Bitterly the Dudshires grumbled,

When they found their third-class riding

Was to be in old horse-boxes,

Squashed like figs and not so comfy:

Thirty-nine at first were crammed in,

Then another and another,