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Rh  "The Spectres said the place was low,
 * And that you kept bad wine:

So, as a Phantom had to go, And I was first, of course, you know,
 * I couldn't well decline."

"No doubt," said I, "they settled who
 * Was fittest to be sent:

Yet still to choose a brat like you To haunt a man of forty-two,
 * Was no great compliment."

"I'm not so young, Sir," he replied,
 * "As you might think—the fact is,

In caverns by the water side, And other places that I've tried,
 * I've had a lot of practice.