Our friend here will oblige. Come, Rooster, say!

(She turns to Rooster.)

Rooster. Too busy, now. Pray call another day.

Coq. Oh! very well! I’m sure that I don’t care.

I’ll join the “Ladies Club.” They’ve no men there!

G. King. A gnome’s un homme for all that. Here’s my key.

C. flat’s found often down below the C.

One thing I know, if once I get above,

No man shall say the Gnome is crossed in love.

Gen. B. A soldier’s duty lies in drill and glory,