_He_: And your answer was?

_She_: No.

_He_: You mean it, or are you coquetting yet?

_She_: Oh!
I just told him I cared for another--he smiled.
It was merely to him so much pleasure beguiled
From a girl. Charge it up profit?--loss?--tell me which?
He thinks I am pretty, they say, but, not rich.
He would love me, perhaps, for a season or two,
So I told him that I loved another.

_He_: And who?

_She (archly)_: Really, must I tell _you?_

_He_: No--your finger--yes, this!
A solitaire--done! and now quickly!

_She (feigning reluctance)_: One!

_He (ecstatically)_: Kiss.




Why he asked for a Vacation.