I doubt if they're half baked, those chalk rosettes,

Ciphers and stucco-twiddlings everywhere;

It's just like breathing in a lime-kiln: eh?

These hot long ceremonies of our church

Cost us a little—oh, they pay the price,

You take me—amply pay it! Now, we'll talk.

So, you despise me, Mr. Gigadibs.

No deprecation,—nay, I beg you, sir!

Beside 'tis our engagement: don't you know,

I promised, if you'd watch a dinner out,