Satires Of Circumstances In Fifteen Glimpses - XII At The Draper's
"I stood at the back of the shop, my dear, But you did not perceive me. Well, when they deliver what you were shown I shall know nothing of it, believe me!" And he coughed and coughed as she paled and said, "O, I didn't see you come in there - Why couldn't you speak?" "Well, I didn't. I left That you should not notice I'd been there. "You were viewing some lovely things. 'Soon required For a widow, of latest fashion'; And I knew 'twould upset you to meet the man Who had to be cold and ashen "And screwed in a box before they could dress you 'In the last new note in mourning,' As they defined it. So, not to distress you, I left you to your adorning."
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