The
CEREMONIAL
.
By
the
Same
.
"
SIR
,
will
you
please
to
walk
before
?
"
No
pray
,
Sir
—
you
are
next
the
door
.
"
Upon
mine
honour
,
I'll
not
stir
!
"
Sir
,
I'm
at
home
;
consider
,
Sir
.
"
Excuse
me
Sir
,
I'll
not
go
first
.
"
Well
,
if
I
must
be
rude
,
I
must
;
But
yet
I
wish
I
cou'd
evade
it
;
'Tis
strangely
clownish
—
be
persuaded
,
&c.
&c.
—
Go
forward
,
cits
!
go
forward
,
squires
!
Nor
scruple
each
,
what
each
admires
.
Life
squares
not
,
friends
,
with
your
proceeding
:
It
flies
,
while
you
display
your
breeding
;
Such
breeding
as
one's
granam
preaches
,
Or
some
old
dancing-master
teaches
—
O
for
some
rude
tumultuous
fellow
,
Half
crazy
,
or
at
least
half-mellow
,
To
come
behind
you
,
unawares
,
And
fairly
push
you
both
down
stairs
!
But
Death's
at
hand
—
Let
me
advise
ye
,
Go
forward
,
friends
—
or
he'll
surprize
ye
.