"GLASS FALLING!"

Head of the House, loquitur:—

Dear me! Going back? I can hardly conceive it.

I thought we were in for a spell of "Set Fair."

A serious change? No, I will not believe it;

I can't, I declare.

I've tapped it with confidence morning by morning,

This glass which has never deceived me before;

And now to go wrong in this way, without warning!—