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6 "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:

"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 utterly aghast At having found a Man at last,
 * And looked so scared and yellow.