Does the name of Bompas occur in any of the poems?

HE [indignantly] No.

SHE. You're quite sure?

HE. Of course I am quite sure. How could I use such a name in a
poem?

SHE. Well, I don't see why not. It rhymes to rumpus, which seems
appropriate enough at present, goodness knows! However, you're a
poet, and you ought to know.

HE. What does it matter--now?

SHE. It matters a lot, I can tell you. If there's nothing about
Bompas in the poems, we can say that they were written to some
other Aurora, and that you showed them to me because my name was
Aurora too. So you've got to invent another Aurora for the
occasion.

HE [very coldly] Oh, if you wish me to tell a lie--

SHE. Surely, as a man of honor--as a gentleman, you wouldn't tell
the truth, would you?

HE. Very well. You have broken my spirit and desecrated my
dreams. I will lie and protest and stand on my honor: oh, I will
play the gentleman, never fear.