To her luncheon to-day and her party to-night.
But the chief care of both was to bring up their child -
A simple young girl, of a character mild -
That in time she might marry an elegant swell;
And this was their purpose for dear Florimel.
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They taught her to warble, to paint, and to dance;
And when it was time they took her to France,
To show her the world, and to have her well dressed
By Worth and Pingard, L'Etoile and the rest.
One evening it chanced, as they sat at the play,
That Florimel's gaze from the actors would stray,
Till it suddenly paused, and met in its flight
The gaze of a man in the box on their right.
His features were pleasing, his uniform fine,
Of noble extraction he gave every sign.
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