ELIZABETH ELIZA.­ I think I can say it now.

"The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had
fled­"

[She hesitates. ] Then I think he went­ JULIA.­ Of course, he fled
after the rest.

AMANDA.­ Dear, no! That's the point. He didn't.

"The flames rolled on, he would not go Without his father's
word."

ELIZABETH ELIZA.­ O yes. Now I can say it.

"The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had
fled; The flames rolled on, he would not go Without his
father's word."

But it used to rhyme. I don't know what has happened to it.

MRS. PETERKIN.­ Elizabeth Eliza is very particular about the
rhymes.

ELIZABETH ELIZA.­ It must be "without his father's head," or,
perhaps, "without his father said" he should.

JULIA.­ I think you must have omitted something.

AMANDA.­ She has left out ever so much!