Her Letter, His Answer & Her Last Letter

I'm sitting alone by the fire, Dressed just as I came from the dance
Boston & New York. Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge. 1905
COPYRIGHT 1870 BY FIELDS, OSGOOD & CO. COPYRIGHT 1871 BY JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO. COPYRIGHT 1898 AND 1899 BY BRET HARTE. COPYRIGHT 1905 BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


All the headpieces and other decorations are from Mr. Keller's designs.


I'm sitting alone by the fire, Dressed just as I came from the dance, In a robe even you would admire,— It cost a cool thousand in France; I'm be-diamonded out of all reason, My hair is done up in a cue: In short, sir, the belle of the season Is wasting an hour upon you.

In short, sir, the belle of the season Is wasting an hour upon you