"Little Bopeep, she lost her sheep,
And couldn't tell where to find him;
She found him, indeed, but it made her heart bleed
For he left his tail behind him."
"Why, then, doctor, it was all sham," exclaimed I.
"Yes; and the doctor's come on a fool's errand--
"`Goosey, Goosey Gander,
Whither dost thou wander?
Upstairs and downstairs,
And in a lady's chamber.'"
The doctor shrugged up his shoulders so that his head disappeared
between them; at last he said, "Your mother don't want me, Jack, that's
very clear. Good morning, Mrs Saunders."
"A very good morning to you, Doctor Tadpole," replied my mother with a
profound courtesy; "you'll oblige me by quitting this room, and shutting
the door after you, if you please."