“And briefs fell slack, and no more at our back
The agents in crowds did follow,
Nor ten times a day, with papers or pay,
Came to the Barrister’s hollo!
“I had done what was quite irregular,
And it would work them grief,
For all averred that the worst had occurred
Since I refused the brief,
‘Ah, wretch!’ said they, ‘to turn away
The fee upon a brief!’