And the other responded:—
"No, boy, you are mistaken;
Dem are her cheeks so red!"
"And they are getting redder!" said Anne, tapping Nina with her fan. "Dulcimer is evidently laying out his strength upon you, Nina!"
Dulcimer went on singing:—
"Oh, I see a grape-vine running,
With its curly rings, up dere!"
And the response,—
"No, boy, you are mistaken:
'Tis her rings of curly hair!"