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"Handsome, were you? 'Tis more than they held, / More than they said. I was ware, and watched. / I was the scapegrace, this rat belled / The cat, this fool got his whiskers scratched. " / -- ROBERT BROWNING.
The talk had waxed political, and the audience was frankly bored. The man who had been haranguing his mates was hurt at the somewhat too obvious lack of appreciation which his truly democratic sentiments received.