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: