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I only meant it was obviously humbug!

If ever I need advice about a dinner,

I'll come to you!

And no one thinks of me.

But why I came in these especial trappings—

Disguised as you, in fact—was this. I want you

To tell me all the hosts with whom you stayed

That time you went to fetch up Cerberus:

Tell me your hosts, your harbours, bakers' shops,

Inns, taverns—reputable and otherwise—

Springs, roads, towns, posts, and landladies that keep

The fewest fleas.

And no one thinks of me!

Bold man, and will you dare

Now, don't begin

That sort of thing; but tell the two of us

What road will take us quickest down to Hades.—

And, please, no great extremes of heat or cold.

Well, which one had I better tell you first?—