XXIII + 

These orders given, the Prince, in half a pet, + 

Let o’er the silk his propping elbow slide, + 

Caught up his little legs, and, in a fret, + 

Fell on the sofa on his royal side, + 

The slave retreated backwards, humble-eyed, + 

And with a slave-like silence closed the door, + 

And to old Hum thro’ street and alley hied; + 

He “knew the city,” as we say, of yore, + 

And for short cuts and turns, was nobody knew more. + 