I’ll always beg your pardon.’
“‘Don’t mention it!’ the Sailor said,
‘I’m sure I shouldn’t mind.
And, if you hit me several times,
I’d only think it kind.’
“The Kangaroo then took his arm,
And they went home to tea.
I do not know what kind they used,
I think it was Bohea.”
“Well, that’s a little better, certainly,” said Belinda when she had finished. “But why is it called ‘The Lobster and the Buttercup?’”