I had o' course upo' me—wi' me say—

(Mecum's the Latin, make a note o' that)

When I popp'd pen i' stand, scratch'd ear, wiped snout,

(Let everybody wipe his own himself)

Sniff'd—tch!—at snuff-box; tumbled up, ne-heed,

Haw-haw'd (not hee-haw'd, that's another guess thing),

Then fumbled at, and stumbled out of, door.

I shoved the timber ope wi' my omoplat;

And in vestibulo, i' the lobby to wit

(Iacobi Facciolati's rendering, sir),