To make this trellised bow'r our council house.
For here no spy can crouch behind a screen
And through his ears store up our treasured thoughts.
But let us to the point, which magnet-like
Did so resistless draw thee to this place
To problem solve which doth much thought require.
_1st Gentleman:_
Good Quezox, tell us, doth our plan seem ripe?
And can we trust this Governor to do
Our will, when Carpen shall be ousted from
The nest in which he snuggles restfully?
_2d Gentleman:_
The question were most apt, for we would name
Him who shall hold the secrets of the state.
_3d Gentleman:_
And sanitation! Should we not declare
For one of our own blood, whose sympathy
Doth bind him to our customs which we love
And so uproot the follies of the past?
_Quezox:_ Senores, we as serpents must be wise.
To quick reveal all hidden in our hearts
Would long delay the time of which we dream;
Hence we must center now on Carpen's case
Our every energy and clear the path
Of one who ever wields a mighty pow'r,
And his fat place on one we trust, bestow,
For thus we breach shall make within the wall.
To speak of sanitation were unwise
For Francos, in his heart, a mighty dread
Doth feel, lest microbes in his castle hide;
And so distempers of most deadly forms
Engender; and great trust doth he repose
In squirting medications through a hose
So that these bugbears find no resting place,
To propagate their kinds within his home.
_1st Gentleman:_
But Quezox, this Governor hath Bonset
Chosen, I do fear, to fill the place
When Carpen doth step out, and all our plans
May come to naught unless we sharp protest.
_2d Gentleman:_
Mayhap 'twere best to earnest recommend
Carpen and Bonset each for some fat berth
Which carries not such import in its wake,
Till time the opportunity may give
To toss them overboard and clear the ship.
_Quezox (Claps his hands and the muchacho appears);_
Haste! For the inner man refreshments bring,
For vino and cigars may clear our minds.
_(Exit