XXXIV + 

“Venus won’t stir a peg without a fee, + 

And master is too partial entre nous + 

To⁠—” “Hush⁠—hush!” cried Eban, “sure that is he + 

Coming downstairs,⁠—by St. Bartholomew! + 

As backwards as he can,⁠—is’t something new? + 

Or is ’t his custom, in the name of fun?” + 

“He always comes down backward, with one shoe”⁠— + 

Return’d the porter⁠—“off, and one shoe on, + 

Like, saving shoe for sock or stocking, my mad John!” + 