<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416493" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Delicious Interruption</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">All were quite gracious in their plaudits of<br>Bud's Fairy; but another stir above<br>That murmur was occasioned by a sweet<br>Young lady-caller, from a neighboring street,<br>Who rose reluctantly to say good-night<br>To all the pleasant friends and the delight<br>Experienced,--as she had promised sure<br>To be back home by nine. Then paused, demure,<br>And wondered was it _very_ dark.--Oh, _no!_--<br>She had _come_ by herself and she could go<br>Without an _escort_. Ah, you sweet girls all!<br>What young gallant but comes at such a call,<br>Your most abject of slaves! Why, there were three<br>Young men, and several men of family,<br>Contesting for the honor--which at last<br>Was given to Cousin Rufus; and he cast<br>A kingly look behind him, as the pair<br>Vanished with laughter in the darkness there.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As order was restored, with everything<br>Suggestive, in its way, of 'romancing,'<br>Some one observed that _now_ would be the chance<br>For _Noey_ to relate a circumstance<br>That _he_--the very specious rumor went--<br>Had been eye-witness of, by accident.<br>Noey turned pippin-crimson; then turned pale<br>As death; then turned to flee, without avail.--<br>'_There!_ head him off! _Now!_ hold him in his chair!--<br>Tell us the Serenade-tale, now, Noey.--_There!_'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=James+Whitcomb+Riley">James Whitcomb Riley</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416493" data-title="A Delicious Interruption de James Whitcomb Riley" data-description="All were quite gracious in their plaudits of Bud's Fairy; but another stir above That murmur was occasioned by a sweet Young lady-caller, from a neighboring street, Who rose reluctantly to say good-night To all the pleasant friends and the delight..."></div> </div> </div>

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