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Now why did Arthur Hoare pull out / A sovereign with a happy shout / And give it rashly to his scout, / Who almost had a fit?
Why of a sudden did he fling / A hard-boiled egg at Eustace Ling, / Forgetting how an egg can sting / The person who is hit?
Why after dinner did he turn / In fury on his room, and burn / His old oak chairs with unconcern? -- / A stupid thing to do!
And why so harshly did he pelt / With forks a fresh and timorous Celt / Afraid to utter what he felt? / _Arthur had got his Blue! _