As still to be cheated with tinsel for gold?"
"Mistress Dumpty! I feel not the least alarm—
No placemen ever dare do me harm;
For though they vote her and me a bore,
They love their own heads, and their places more."
On he went—in her coach to ride,
While he cozen'd the Lady who sat by his side
And lost for ever was she who was led
By Humpty's honour—and Dumpty's head!