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All were quite gracious in their plaudits of / Bud's Fairy; but another stir above / That murmur was occasioned by a sweet / Young lady-caller, from a neighboring street, / Who rose reluctantly to say good-night / To all the pleasant friends and the delight / Experienced, -- as she had promised sure / To be back home by nine. Then paused, demure, / And wondered was it _very_ dark. -- Oh, _no! _ -- / She had _come_ by herself and she could go / Without an _escort_. Ah, you sweet girls all!
What young gallant but comes at such a call, / Your most abject of slaves! Why, there were three / Young men, and several men of family, / Contesting for the honor -- which at last / Was given to Cousin Rufus; and he cast / A kingly look behind him, as the pair / Vanished with laughter in the darkness there.