A matador is in her hand.’

‘And truly, madam, I know when,

Instead of five, you scored me ten.

Spadillo here has got a mark,

A child may know it in the dark.

I guessed the hand: It seldom fails.

I wish some folks would pare their nails,’

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“At last they hear the watchman’s knock:

‘A frosty morn—past four o’clock.’