Acquainted with subtraction.
“I do not wish to seem to boast, of all things I detest it most,
and yet I think I’d fill the post
Not very ill, not very:
From early youth I did betray, I’ve often heard my mother say,
a really rather taking way
In matters monetary;
A simple little rule or two I always try to keep in view, to do
what I am told to do,
And always speak politely,