“That Jane should such a gambler marry.”
“But why surprised?” her sister says,
“You know he has such winning ways.”
Changed Conditions
When Jack was poor, the lad was frank and free,
Of late he’s grown brimful of pride and pelf;
No wonder that he has forgotten me,
Since, it is plain, he has forgot himself.
Distinction With a Difference
To this night’s masquerade, quoth Dick,