Lewis Carroll on Forty-two
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“Rule forty-two. All persons more than a mile high to leave the court.”
“Yet still to choose a brat like you, To haunt a man of forty-two, Was no great compliment!"”
“There was one who was famed for the number of things He forgot when he entered the ship: His umbrella, his watch, all his jewels and rings, And the clothes he had bought for the trip.He had forty-two boxes, all carefully packed, With his name painted clearly on each: But, since he omitted to mention the fact, They were all left behind on the beach.”