You witness our proceedings every day;

But the screened gallery, I might have guessed,

Admits of such a partial glimpse at us,

Pym takes up all the room, shuts out the view.

Still, on my honor, sir, the rest of the place

Is not unoccupied. The Commons sit

—That 's England; Ireland sends, and Scotland too,

Their representatives; the Peers that judge

Are easily distinguished; one remarks

The People here and there: but the close curtain