"--Did ever so grave a personage get into so vile a scrape?" quoth Death. Thou hast had a narrow escape, _Tristram_, said _Eugenius_, taking hold of my hand as I finished my story----

'Did ever so grave a person get into so vile a scrape?' quoth Death.
'Thou hast had a narrow escape, Tristram,' said Eugenius, taking my hand as I finished my story.
