"Poor Nelson!" continued the old captain. He rose slowly to his feet and turned away again, saying,—
"I will turn my back once more, young people, and mind, do it softly!"
"WHEN LOVELY WOMAN STOOPS TO FOLLY"
THE FATE OF A COQUETTE OF 1815
"When lovely woman stoops to folly,
And finds too late that men betray,
What charm can soothe her melancholy?
What art can wash her guilt away?"
Goldsmith