Let me repair things—no, but sent a-slide
My folly falteringly, stumblingly
Down, down, and deeper down until I drop
Upon—the need of your ten thousand pounds
And consequently loss of mine! I lose
Character, cash, nay, common-sense itself
Recounting such a lengthy cock-and-bull
Adventure, lose my temper in the act" ...
"And lose beside,—if I may supplement
The list of losses,—train and ten-o'clock!