"All's Well that Ends Well."
Young Abbas thought to catch Lord Cromer napping.
Perhaps he'll not again try weasel-trapping.
E'en Homer sometimes nods. 'Tis true—of Homer;
But Abbas thinks 'tis not—as yet—of Cromer!
Mr. Labouchere is, Autolycus hears, much interested in Mr. Yates's promotion to Magisterial honours. "I shall keep my eye on Edmund," Henry says. "If only I get a chance of putting him on my weekly Pillory in Truth, I do not deny it would give me keen satisfaction."
Mrs. R. has read that the Christy Minstrels are turned into a Limited Company, but, before subscribing for shares, she wants to know if she would have to black her face? But what she objects to most is, that the principal performers (as she has been told) rattle their own bones!