Nor does he seem to rate me higher
Than to trace figures in the fire!"
—"Call you, hum-drum, that information
So suited to official station,"
He sternly said, "which now engages
Attention to these curious pages!"
—"My mind," she cried, "was in the dark
When I was married to a Clerk:—
O had I join'd a fool instead
Of one to office breeding bred!