A stranger to joy and glee,
With ne - ver a mo - ment free,
There’s rest for me ne - ver,
For ev - er and ev - er
A Go - ver - ness I must be,
A sad and sor - row - ful, tired - out
Go - ver - ness I must ev - er be.
Gov. (sitting down). Ah! it is a cruel punishment! Once I was a mortal child, but that was years ago, and when I came into Hyacinth Dell I was made a Fairy, and was appointed Governess to the most trying and perverse Elf in all Fairy Land. I don’t dare to think that I was as trying and perverse to my Governess. She told me that this Dell was enchanted, and forbade me to enter it, and only when it was too late did I regret my disobedience. Here comes my precious pupil.
Enter Flibbie.
Gov. Now, Flibbie, late again! You are always unpunctual. It is very wrong to be unpunctual. Come here at once!
Flib. (slyly). Please, Governess, is it worse to be unpunctual than disobedient?
Gov. Whatever you do that is not right is wrong.
Flib. That is rather an artful answer.
Gov. How dare you speak to me like that?
Flib. (laughs slyly).