(It answers best with suet), On which you must contrive to glide, And swing yourself from side to side — One soon learns how to do it. "The Second tells us what is right In ceremonious calls:— 'First burn a blue or crimson light ' (A thing I quite forgot to-night), 'Then scratch the door or walls. '" I said "You'll visit here no more, If you attempt the Guy. I'll have no bonfires on my floor — And, as for scratching at the door, I'd like to see you try!" "The Third was written to protect The interests of the Victim, And tells us, as I recollect, To treat him with a grave respect, And not to contradict him." "That's plain," said I, "as Tare and Tret, To any comprehension: I only wish some Ghosts I've met Would not so constantly forget The maxim that you mention!" "Perhaps," he said, "you first transgressed The laws of hospitality: All Ghosts instinctively detest The Man that fails to treat his guest With proper cordiality. "If you address a Ghost as 'Thing!' Or strike him with a hatchet, He is permitted by the King To drop all formal parleying — And then you're sure to catch it! "The Fourth prohibits trespassing Where other Ghosts are quartered: And those convicted of the thing (Unless when pardoned by the King) Must instantly be slaughtered. "That simply means 'be cut up small':