What am I to understand?
What has this gentleman to do with my appointment with Dr.
Washington ?" "My dear cousin, I am so happy this morning that I wonder I do not talk in conundrums, or rondeaux, or terza rima.

It is a mere chance, I assure you.

Perhaps I may break out in rhymes presently.

This evening we will have fireworks in the square, roast a whole ox, invite the neighbors, and dance about a maypole.

You shall lead off the dance, Clara." "Pray go on, Arnold.