But full of tumult and debate and terror,

And worried writers growing rather hot,

For ever floundering in seas of chits

And forms and counterfoils and wrathful writs),

Alone unfevered mid the storm he sits

And tells them all exactly what is what.

Who so alert to solve the frequent riddle,

To judge if Jones should have his train-fare free,

Whether the band requires another fiddle,

And which is senior, Robinson or me?