An armistice takes place between the opposing bodies. A member of the Coburg family offers his hand to Mrs. Gamp, but is indignantly rejected by the lovely widow.
The body of the "oldest inhabitant" is found at Herne Bay, where it is supposed he emigrated for safety.
There is not a single man left, excepting the Man in the Moon.
The ladies, being left to themselves, proceed to discuss their wrongs, when, after several years' arguments, the world is graced with
THE FEMALE MILLENNIUM.
This continues thirty years, when the argument is decided at length in favour of
THE LAST WOMAN,
Who compodges herself in honour of the occasion a nice dish of tea, and after propodging a toast to the memory of that blessed creature Mrs. Harris dies universally "regretted" on the throne of Buckingham Palace.