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XXXVI

“Ah! nurse, a favour do for me!”⁠—

“Command me, darling, what you choose”⁠—

“Do not⁠—you might⁠—suspicious be;

But look you⁠—ah! do not refuse.”

“I call to witness God on high⁠—”

“Then send your grandson quietly

To take this letter to O⁠—Well!

Unto our neighbour. Mind you tell⁠—

Command him not to say a word⁠—

I mean my name not to repeat.”

“To whom is it to go, my sweet?

Of late I have been quite absurd⁠—

So many neighbours here exist⁠—

Am I to go through the whole list?”