Had I Golconda’s wealth, I say
’Twere thine at will—’twere thine at will.
SENSIBLE WIFE.
Then let me have a cheque to pay
The dry-goods bill—that tedious bill!
ROMANTIC HUSBAND.
Oh, heed it not, my trembling flower;
If want should press us, let it come.
SENSIBLE WIFE.
And, apropos, the bill for flour;