MARGARET
The poor, poor thing!
LISBETH
Dost pity her, at that?
When one of us at spinning sat,
And mother, nights, ne’er let us out the door
She sported with her paramour.
On the door-bench, in the passage dark,
The length of the time they’d never mark.
So now her head no more she’ll lift,
But do church-penance in her sinner’s shift!
MARGARET
He’ll surely take her for his wife.
LISBETH
He’d be a fool! A brisk young blade
Has room, elsewhere, to ply his trade.
Besides, he’s gone.
MARGARET