Chapter 1769 of 1964 · 58 words · ~1 min read

XXXIX.

But Adeline, who probably presumed That Juan had enough of maintenance, Or _separate_ maintenance, in case 't was doomed-- As on the whole it is an even chance That bridegrooms, after they are fairly _groomed_, May retrograde a little in the Dance Of Marriage--(which might form a painter's fame, Like Holbein's "Dance of Death"[749]--but 't is the same)--