So he began to stammer some excuses;
But words are not enough in such a matter,
Although you borrowed all that e’er the Muses
Have sung, or even a Dandy’s dandiest chatter,
Or all the figures Castlereagh abuses;
Just as a languid smile began to flatter
His peace was making, but, before he ventured
Further, old Baba rather briskly entered.