⁂ The fact, rhapsodically stated, occupies twenty-six more pages of MS., but is left in as much doubt at the end as it was in at the beginning.—Ed. Fun.
SONG OF THE UNSUCCESSFUL STOCK EXCHANGE SPECULATOR
(Apropos of certain recent failures).
Break, break, break!
It's a serious thing to see,
And I wish I could manage to utter
The cheques that are forged by me!
Oh well for the bill-broking cad
That is able to toddle away!