“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,