C.

Baba, with some embarrassment, replied

To this long catechism of questions, asked

More easily than answered,—that he had tried

His best to obey in what he had been tasked;

But there seemed something that he wished to hide,

Which Hesitation more betrayed than masked;

He scratched his ear, the infallible resource

To which embarrassed people have recourse.

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