Twinkled with a charm divine
Beneath her ample crinoline,
Making her tortured lovers dream
That heaven itself was blue and cream.'
The story tells of how this dainty creature walked down the 'Heerengracht,' followed by the tortured lovers:
'Van der Merwe, Jacques Theron,
The Captain of the garrison,
Petrus de Witt, or Van Breda,
Or Cloete of Constantia.
And then the Fiscal—fat and old—