“‘If e’er a letter you receive
From maiden fair; pray don’t believe
All that the note itself may say,—
But to my last attention pay.
“‘My total may be well employed
To still a molar’s aching void,
When stopping has not stopped the pain;
That tooth will never ache again!’
“I’ve worked on that a solid week, but I can’t get it.”
“Count me out, too,” said Philip Van Reypen; “charades are too many for me.”