“The inspiration came to me whilst I was dressing,” announced Lucas; “it will be the thing in the next music-hall revue. All London will go mad over it. It’s just a couplet; of course there will be other words, but they won’t matter. Listen:

Cousin Teresa takes out Caesar,

Fido, Jock, and the big borzoi.

Cousin Teresa takes out Caesar, Fido, Jock, and the big borzoi.