Could reel it off by yards together!
I wonder if—What’s that? A knock?
Is that you, James? Eh? What? God bless me!
How time has flown! It’s eight o’clock,
And here’s my fellow come to dress me.
Be quick, or I shall be the guest
Whom Lady Mary never pardons;
I trust you, James, to do your best
To save the soup at Grosvenor Gardens.
H. D. Traill.