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CAUTIONARY TALES

His father's Elder Sister, who
Was married to a Parvenoo,

Confided to Her Husband, "Drat!
The Miserable, Peevish Brat!
Why don't they drown the Little Beast?"
Suggestions which, to say the least,
Are not what we expect to hear
From Daughters of an English Peer.

His grandmamma, His Mother's Mother,