THE CURATE'S NIECE.[858]

Tis well: I, too, anon will claim my share.

This day this soul must pay to me my fare--

A robe, white, red, and green, a flowered damas,

A pretty kerchief likewise for my eyes at mass.

[858] The German is _Pfaffenmetze_--a term more expressive, but not so

becoming.

[Sidenote: THE CARNIVAL AT BERNE.]

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