To purchase and have ostrich-plumes revived,

Of ornaments like these they could not be deprived.

XXXI.

There was, there naturally would be too

In such a case as this, a long debate;

One said that Yarmouth was the place, she knew;

Another said it was by far too late;

And someone else suggested Harrogate;

Another sneered at such a daft suggestion,

For that above all places she did hate

And Torquay was the best there was no question:

But listeners evidently wanted good digestion.[12]

[12]

XXXII.

“And,” quoth the eldest, “there's Llandudno also.”

“Why,” quoth another, “have you got no sense?”

Mamma, requesting that they shouldn't bawl so,

Pronounced this far too utterly intense.

The eldest charm continued in defence,

Bespoke the Gulf Stream and the balmy air;

 Prev. P 19/167 next