—” Not there, not there, my friend!”

“Is it where the Lord Chamberlain weakly tries

To interfere with the actors’ guise,

Because it gave us a portrait true

Of the gentle Ayrton, and Lowe, and you[50]

Though you now as three music hall cads appear,

Which makes the satire much more severe?”

—“Not there, not there, my friend!”

“Is it where Jack Sheppard they fail to hang;

Where Macbeth’s broad Scotch has a German twang;