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Rh "Why, no," said he;" perhaps I should
 * Have stayed another minute—

But still no ghost, that's any good, Without an introduction would
 * Have ventured to begin it.

"The proper thing, as you were late,
 * Was certainly to go:

But, with the roads in such a state, I got the Knight-Mayor's leave to wait
 * For half an hour or so."

"Who's the Knight-Mayor?" I cried. Instead
 * Of answering my question,

"Well! If you don't know that," he said, "Either you never go to bed,
 * Or you've a grand digestion!