“Then if I do,” said Juan, “I’ll be—”—“Hold!”
Rejoined the negro, “pray be not provoking;
This spirit’s well, but it may wax too bold,
And you will find us not too fond of joking.”
“What, sir!” said Juan, “shall it e’er be told
That I unsexed my dress?” But Baba, stroking
The things down, said, “Incense me, and I call
Those who will leave you of no sex at all.