And at once there’s a bustling and scrambling and hustling
To flee in hot haste from debate and its tussling,
Peers’ shoes are pattering, Commons’ boots clattering,
All of them blithely of holidays chattering,
Eager to show they at least have a smattering
Of yachting or sport,
Or pursuits of a sort
That are currently thought to supply health and pleasure
To overworked statesmen whene’er they get leisure.
But here the case grows different;