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-LRB- Composed by himself . -RRB- OTHER COMPOSITIONS . BY TOAD will be sung in the course of the evening by the ... COMPOSER . The idea pleased him mightily , and he worked very hard and got all the letters finished by noon , at which hour it was reported to him that there was a small and rather bedraggled weasel at the door , inquiring timidly whether he could be of any service to the gentlemen . Toad swaggered out and found it was one of the prisoners of the previous evening , very respectful and anxious to please . He patted him on the head , shoved the bundle of invitations into his paw , and told him to cut along quick and deliver them as fast as he could , and if he liked to come back again in the evening , perhaps there might be a shilling for him , or , again , perhaps there might n't ; and the poor weasel seemed really quite grateful , and hurried off eagerly to do his mission . When the other animals came back to luncheon , very boisterous and breezy after a morning on the river , the Mole , whose conscience had been pricking him , looked doubtfully at Toad , expecting to find him sulky or depressed .