And bade them both a favourable good night;
Then hasten’d home, maturing as she went
The manner of depicting the event
To her dear aunt, and how t’explain away—
Without alarm—the cause of her delay;
Which she accomplishèd with praiseworthy tact,
By slowly unfolding the momentous fact,—
And so unburden’d her invaded breast;
Wept—but for joy—and then retired to rest.
But many a day Jane felt (poor girl!) unfit