Yet this snob, with the coolest assurance,
Sent a party named Shaw
To the court of Theebaw
To remonstrate—O cheek past endurance!—
When he strangled his brothers-in-law.
Says Theebaw, “Shall this prig of a Briton
Be allowed to object—
Such a want of respect!—
When I’ve got a man-torturing fit on?
It’s hard lines if my fun be thus checked!”