There is one remark—it has proved a key

Already to one long chat,

Of course—I'll start it, for even she

Must answer awhile to that.

But horror! my agonised fingers curl,

Did I say it to her? I think

It must have been to that other girl

In the delicate shrimp-sauce pink.

Shall I chance it again! I must! I will!

With a stammer I've half begun—