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16 'Before the parties start I'll take the Judge apart To prove, by tasting, whether I have tampered with the tea; And I beg to state again Your suspicions give me pain,' Said plain Josephus Riley, from the North Countree.

Then they all were satisfied That the match was 'boneefied': The bond was signed, and Riley went to 'preparate' the tea; But his slow, ambiguous smile Would have seemed to token guile In any man but Riley, from the North Countree.