"So, Buti—(he 's with God)—begins:

First covers up the shrine all round

With hoarding; then, as like as twins,

Paints, t' other side the burial-ground,

New Mary, every point the same;

Next, sluices over, as agreed,

The old; and last—but, spoil the game

By telling you? Not I, indeed!

"Well, ere the week was half at end,

Out came the object of this zeal,