“Wretch!” I cry, with sudden start

“From this second let us part,

Get thee gone, possessing devil,

Let me never see thee more.”

My voice I raise as thus I cry,

And anger gleams within my eye;

Then the demon made reply,—

“’Tis only thirty pounds, not more,

So, sir, ’tis you, not I, must ‘part,’

If not, why then”—here he swore—