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PHANTASMAGORIA.
"But I have never taken yet
A strict domestic part,
And in my flurry I forget
The Five Good Rules of Etiquette
We have to know by heart."
My sympathies were warming fast
Towards the little fellow;
He was so very much aghast
At having found a man at last,
And looked so scared and yellow.
"At least," I said, "I'm glad to find
A ghost is not a dumb thing—
But pray sit down—you'll feel inclined
(If, like myself, you have not dined)
To take a snack of something:
