"I mean the fifty;

I never spent an hour so thrifty.

But you who tried to make me lose,

Go, burst with envy, if you choose!

But how is this? where are they?"

"Who?"

"The gentlemen,—I mean the two

Came yesterday,—are they below?"

"They galloped off an hour ago."

"O, purge me! blister! shave and bleed!