So here: lord, finding situation tough

(Between two fires, hate and a horsewhip-threat),

Writes i’ the Album, goes without and waits.

Superb One, having read, takes hand of snob,

Accepts his love till death; then lord comes back.

What did he write? “Refinement every inch,

From brow to boot-end”—’twas a threat to tell

The country curate of his wife’s disgrace—

He, the disgracer! Snob gets wild at that,

Screams, jumps, and clutches . . .