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PHANTASMAGORIA.
"(And here you must on no pretence
Make the first observation:
Wait for the Victim to commence—
No ghost of any common sense
Begins a conversation.)
"If he should say 'How came you here?'
(The way that you began, Sir),
In such a case your course is clear—
'Just as you please, my little dear!'
Or any other answer.
"But if the wretch says nothing more,
You'd best perhaps curtail your
Exertions—go and shake the door,
And then, if he begins to snore,
You'll know the thing's a failure.
