Not So Fond of It

Mrs. Benham: “You used to say that I was the apple of your eye.”

Benham: “Well, what of it?”

Mrs. Benham: “Nothing; except that you don’t seem to care so much for fruit as you once did.”

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There was a girl in her own boudoir,

And she was tall and handsome;

And every time the wind blew hard,

It blew right through her transom.