In the toes and the heels;
They turn up the dishes,—they turn up the plates,—
They take up the poker and poke out the grates,
—They turn up the rugs,
They examine the mugs:—
But, no!—no such thing;—
They can’t find THE RING!
And the Abbot declared that, ‘when nobody twigg’d it,
Some rascal or other had popp’d in, and prigg’d it!’
The Cardinal rose with a dignified look,