The doctor and saw the case Plain as the nose not on his face. "O! hum — ha — yes — I understand." But then arose a long demur, For not a finger would he stir Till he was paid his fee in hand; That matter settled, there they were, With Hunks well strapp'd upon his chair.
The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood, A True Story, Stanza 12, Greenwood Press, Publishers. 1980