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*Asking the when, and where, and how, and who, 

 Had gulped her cream, nor left an atom, 



To which he gave not separate replies, 

 But, with a look of excellent digestion, 

 One answer made to every question 

 f"The flies r 



I" The flies, you rogue ! theyftes, you guzzling hound! 



Behold your whiskers still are cover'd thickly ; 

 You gormandizing rascal, I'll be bound 



I'll make you tell another story quickly." 

 So out she bounced, and brought, with loud alarms, 



Two stout Gens d'/lrmes, 

 Who bore him to the Judge a little prig, 

 "With angry bottle nose, 

 Like a red cabbage rose, 

 While lots of white ones flourish'd on his wig. 



Looking at once both stern and wise, 



He turn'd to the delinquent, 

 And 'gan to question him, and catechise 

 As to which way the drink went. 



Still the same dogged answers rise, 

 "Theses my lord, the /?ies, ihejlits!" 



" Pslia!" quoth the Judge, half peevish and half pompous, 



" Why, you're HO/I compos, 

 You should have watctid the bowl as she desired, 



And kilCd the flies, you stupid clown." 

 ||" What ! is it lawful, then," the dolt inquir'd, 



" To kill the flies in this here town ?" 

 " The man's on ass a pretty question this ! 

 Lawful, you booby ! to be sure it is : 

 You've MY authority, where'er you meet 'em, 

 To kill the rogues, and if you like, to EAT 'EM." 



* The rate of utterance is at the beginning of this line st.yw, and 

 gradually becomes more rapid, the voice also becoming at the same time 

 gradually more elevated ; with a strong expression of anger on the 

 countenance. 



f With a look of stupidity. 



j This requires an elevated tone of voice. 



The Judge's part requires a thick voice, with a gravity of manner 

 bordering on the ludicrous. 



|| The clown speaks in a rustic dialect, and with a vacant look. 



