I mortgaged everything—and now (oh, shame!)
Into a Somers Town shake-down I've wandered!
I am no Paley—no Vollaire—it's true, my boy!
The only rightful Paley V. is you, my boy!
"And all I have is yours—and yours is mine.
I still may place you in your true position:
Give me the pounds you've saved, and I'll resign
My noble name, my rank, and my condition.
So for my sin in fraudulently owning
Your vasty wealth, I am at last atoning!"