Oh! please don’t—I don’t want to hear it—
A boy like you, talking of love.
My answer—Well, Sir, you shall have it—
Just wait till I get off my glove.
See that? Well you needn’t look tragic,
Its only a solitaire ring—
Of course, I am proud of it, very—
It’s rather an elegant thing.
Engaged!—yes—why, didn’t you know it?
I thought the news must have reached here,