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_First Girl_
When this yokel comes maundering, / Whetting his hacker, / I shall run before him, / Diffusing the civilest odors / Out of geraniums and unsmelled flowers. / It will check him.
_Second Girl_
I shall run before him, / Arching cloths besprinkled with colors / As small as fish-eggs. / The threads / Will abash him.
_Third Girl_
Oh, la... le pauvre! / I shall run before him, / With a curious puffing. / He will bend his ear then. / I shall whisper / Heavenly labials in a world of gutturals. / It will undo him.