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 "Remember, remember,
the Fifth of November,
gunpowder, treason and plot...
Ben, can you complete the doggerel?"

"Um. Let me see. Hmm. No, I have it.
I see no reason
why gunpowder treason
should ever be forgot.
There."

"It'll serve. There: now, we'll teach it to that urchin, and he'll teach it to his friends, and it'll last a hundred years..."

"I doubt it."