V.

And when he came within the Proctor’s room, Young Wilkins roused himself, And told the Proctor ’twas a lie, Invented by those blue-clad menials base; That he was in the ‘High’ Walking alone, and never even saw The wooden figure that they talked about. And that these bobbies Came and pounced on him as he walked about, Because the real culprit they Had been so baulked about.