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Not over-kind nor over-quick in study
Nor skilled in sports nor beautiful was he, / Who had come into her life when anybody
Would have been welcome, so in need was she.
They had become acquainted in this way:
He flashed a mirror in her eyes at school;
By which he was distinguished; from that day
They went about together, as a rule.
She told, in secret and with whispering, / How he had flashed a mirror in her eyes;
And as she told, it struck her with surprise
That this was not so wonderful a thing.
But what's the odds? -It's pretty nice to know
You've got a friend to keep you company everywhere you go.