She sat up straight, and prim, and proud, and tall,
But I could see a twinkle in her eye,
As after while she bluntly asked me why
I worried ’bout that letter I had sent.
’Twas then that all the anger in me pent
Burst forth; I said in my severest way,
“’Tis you who came ’twixt me and Alfred Gray.”
Kate frowned at first, and then she laughed outright,
And said that maybe she could throw some light
Upon the mystery that troubled so.