LXXIX.

The noble guests,[680] assembled at the Abbey, Consisted of--we give the sex the _pas_-- The Duchess of Fitz-Fulke; the Countess Crabby;[ml][681] The Ladies Scilly, Busey;--Miss Eclat, Miss Bombazeen, Miss Mackstay, Miss O'Tabby, And Mrs. Rabbi,[682] the rich banker's squaw; Also the honourable Mrs. Sleep, Who looked a white lamb, yet was a black sheep: