LXXXVIII + 

“Jostling my way I gain’d the stairs, and ran + 

To the first landing, where, incredible! + 

I met, far gone in liquor, that old man, + 

That vile impostor Hum,⁠⸺’ + 

So far so well,⁠— + 

For we have proved the Mago never fell + 

Down stairs on Crafticanto’s evidence; + 

And therefore duly shall proceed to tell, + 

Plain in our own original mood and tense, + 

The sequel of this day, though labour ’tis immense! + 