Which I couldn’t exactly make out the sense of,

For I know that her sentences “failed to connect;”

And I suppose that her chattering teeth bit the ends off;

But ’twas very conclusive, whatever she said.

He never disputed her; never said nay,

But only hung down his discomfited head;

And whatever he thought, he had Nothing to Say.


Chilled to the heart with the terrible cold,

Both to get back were most truly-solicitous,