A minute after, and the Frenchman struck:
One minute sooner had been better luck; 340
But, if you can a crippled cousin like,
You ne’er shall see him for a trifle strike.”
Patty, whose gentle heart was not so nice
As to reject the thought of loving twice,
Judged her new Cousin was by nature kind,
With no suspicions in his honest mind,
Such as our virtuous ladies now and then
Find strongly floating in the minds of men.