And I must be upon my guard,
And really must not work too hard:
Who were my friends? and did I go
Ever to balls? I told her no:
She said, ‘I really like them so;
But then I am a girl; and dear,
You like your friends at school, I fear
Better than anybody here.’
How long had she left school, I asked.
Two years, she told me, and I tasked