For, permit me to remark,
On the merits of my pleadings,
You’re at present in the dark.
(Defendant beckons to Jurymen—they leave the box, and gather round him as they sing the following):—
Ha! ha! ha!
That’s a very true remark—
On the merits of your pleadings,
We’re entirely in the dark!
Ha! ha!—ha! ha!