“I told you so,” chimed one and all.
They’d never admit he’d deceived them nor peeved them.
Nor out of them taken a fall.
We snubbed swains laughed loudly, yet held ourselves proudly;
We stood real aloof for a while.
Things must have an ending; so slowly unbending
We’d spar with a frown or a smile.
The entente came duly, if slowly, but truly,
And at last all were quite en rapport.
We dined well and wined well, and then all opined: “Well,