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8  "But I have never taken yet
 * A strict domestic part,

And in my flurry I forget The Five Good Rules of Etiquette
 * We have to know by heart."

My sympathies were warming fast
 * Towards the little fellow;

He was so very much aghast At having found a man at last,
 * And looked so scared and yellow.

"At least," I said, "I'm glad to find
 * A ghost is not a dumb thing—

But pray sit down—you'll feel inclined (If, like myself, you have not dined)
 * To take a snack of something: