Chapter 1425 of 1964 · 64 words · ~1 min read

LXXXI.

Some who once set their caps at cautious dukes,[lf] Have taken up at length with younger brothers: Some heiresses have bit at sharpers' hooks: Some maids have been made wives, some merely mothers: Others have lost their fresh and fairy looks: In short, the list of alterations bothers. There's little strange in this, but something strange is The unusual quickness of these common changes.