Now then for both the Matrimonial Cause

And the case of Gomez! Serve them hot and hot!

"Reliqua differamus in crastinum!

The impatient estafette cracks whip outside:

Still, though the earth should swallow him who swears

And me who make the mischief, in must slip—

My boy, your godson, fat-chaps Hyacinth,

Enjoyed the sight while Papa plodded here.

I promised him, the rogue, a month ago,

The day his birthday was, of all the days,