“If you will please me,” Robert said,
“You must contrive to change your bed,
“And have it placed—well, let me see—
“Moved to the outer gallery,
“Where you will be alone and free.
“We there can meet and chat at leisure
“While others sleep, nor need we fear,
“Of merry tales I have a treasure
“To tell, but cannot tell them here.”
Kate smiled at this for she knew well