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16  "The Fourth prohibits trespassing
 * Where other ghosts are quartered:

And those convicted of the thing (Unless when pardoned by the king)
 * Must instantly be slaughtered."

I said "That rule appears to me
 * Wanting in common sense—"

"'To slaughter' does not mean," said he, "'To kill' with us, and that, you see,
 * Makes a great difference.

"In fact we're simply cut up small,
 * (Ghosts soon unite anew;)

The process scarcely hurts at all, Not more than when you're what you call
 * 'Cut up' by a Review.