With such resolve that guest on guest,

And many a smiling nun behind them,

Met her eyes obviously addressed

To proving that she did not mind them.

(So might a kitchen-kitten see—

Whose thoughts round housemaids' heels
are centred—

The awful drawing-room's company

He inadvertently has entered.)

Swift from her side the girlish crowd,

With lovely smiles and limber graces,