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Come, she called,
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Very bashfully we signified our willingness to oblige,--indeed, we dared not do otherwise,--and sidled into the room. Closing the door, our hostess curled herself comfortably on a gayly-cushioned lounge, and proceeded to adjust a serpent-like, squirming appendage to her ear. With an encouraging nod, she bade us commence, closing her eyes meanwhile with an air of expectant rapture. But the vibrating trumpet stirred our foolish souls to explosive laughter, partially smothered in a simultaneous strangled cough. Wondering at the double paroxysm and subsequent hush of shame, she unclosed her eyes, softly murmuring,
human
Don't be bashful nor afraid, my dears. I am very far from home, and you can make me very happy, if you will. Pray begin at once, and then I will also sing for you. Taking courage, we piped as bidden, rendering in a childish way the strains of
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Blue-Eyed Mary,
human
Comin' through the Rye,
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I'd be a Butterfly, and
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Auld Lang Syne,
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Now it is my turn,