XI

And that’s what my fine daughter said:—she meant:

Pray, hold your tongue, and wear a Sunday face.

Her husband, the young linendraper, spent

Much argument thereon:—I’m their disgrace.

Bother the couple!

I feel superior to a chap whose place

Commands him to be neat and supple.

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