Haply some wight loquacious may reply,
“Oft-times we met him at approach of night,
“Brushing with haste along the streets hard by,
“As if all matters were not going right.
“There, in some house where charges are not high,
“And penny candles shed a glimm’ring light,
“He give the maid some cheap-bought scrap to fry,
“Of which he’d eat with ravenous delight.
“There in some corner shunning to be seen,