2nd try:
"The Indiarubber Man drifted disconsolately
about in the crush, finally coming to a momen-
tary anchorage in a corner beside his Brides-
maid.
"Miss Betty, no one loves me, and I'm
going into the garden " — he dropped his voice
to a confidential undertone — " to eat worms.""
From 'Naval Occasions' by 'Bartimeus' before 1915