"Yes, my darling, this with pleasure
I will do, to please you all;
It is my most pleasant leisure
To do bidding at your call."
So, the deed of gift was given,
And in happiness they'd start;
From that home they'd ne'er be driven,
Life anew to never part.
There in happiness and comfort
Did they live upon the place
Where the evil of proud passion
Smothered one in dire disgrace.
Happy was Salome and Trueman
When they saw their protege safe
In the hands of Cousin Hawthorne,
On the Waddington old place.
Safe within the coils of homelife,
Safe within the cottage walls,
Safely with a trusting husband,
Safe within their friendly calls.