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Canto the Second

CXXX

But taking him into her father's house
     Was not exactly the best way to save,
But like conveying to the cat the mouse,
     Or people in a trance into their grave;
Because the good old man had so much "nous,"
     Unlike the honest Arab thieves so brave,
He would have hospitably cured the stranger,
And sold him instantly when out of danger.

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1824) ByronLong