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Rh "Long bills soon quenched the little thirst
 * I had for being funny—

The setting-up is always worst: Such heaps of things you want at first,
 * One must be made of money!

"For instance, take a haunted tower,
 * With skull, cross-bones, and sheet;

Blue lights to burn (say) two an hour, Condensing lens of extra power,
 * And set of chains, complete:

"What with the things you have to hire—
 * The fitting on the robe—

And testing all the coloured fire— The outfit of itself would tire
 * The patience of a Job!