“He’s a hero!” (She adds:) “What a pity he drinks!”

Gentle Reader, keep clear of her clutches!

O beware of her voice, I entreat!

Be you journalist, dowager duchess,

Or just merely the Man in the Street.

And I beg of you not to encourage a jade

Who, if once she is started, can never be stayed.

“Where the spinsters at tea are collected,
Her arrival is hailed with delight”