Chapter 700 of 1964 · 62 words · ~1 min read

XXVI.

Just now a black old neutral personage Of the third sex stepped up, and peering over The captives seemed to mark their looks and age, And capabilities, as to discover If they were fitted for the purposed cage: No lady e'er is ogled by a lover, Horse by a blackleg, broadcloth by a tailor, Fee by a counsel, felon by a jailor,