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Well, Mabel, 'tis over and ended -- / The ball I wrote was to be; / And oh! it was perfectly splendid -- / If you _could_ have been here to see. / I've a thousand things to write you / That I know you are wanting to hear, / And one, that is sure to delight you -- / I am wearing Joe's diamond, my dear!
Yes, mamma is quite ecstatic / That I am engaged to Joe; / She thinks I am rather erratic, / And feared that I might say "No. " / But, Mabel, I'm twenty-seven / (Though nobody _dreams_ it, dear), / And a fortune like Joe's isn't given / To lay at one's feet each year.