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Miss Helen Slingsby was my maiden aunt, / And lived in a small house near a fashionable square / Cared for by servants to the number of four.
Now when she died there was silence in heaven / And silence at her end of the street.
The shutters were drawn and the undertaker wiped his feet --
He was aware that this sort of thing had occurred before.
The dogs were handsomely provided for, / But shortly afterwards the parrot died too.
The Dresden clock continued ticking on the mantelpiece, / And the footman sat upon the dining-table / Holding the second housemaid on his knees --
Who had always been so careful while her mistress lived.