So he began to stammer some excuses;

But words are not enough in such a matter,

Although you borrowed all that e'er the Muses

Have sung, or even a Dandy's dandiest chatter,

Or all the figures Castlereagh abuses;[FS]Just as a languid smile began to flatter

His peace was making, but, before he ventured

Further, old Baba rather briskly entered.