And I said--"Why is this thus? What is the reason of this
thusness?"

They hove a sigh--seventeen sighs of different size--They
said--

"Oh--soon thou wilt be gonested away!"

I told them that when I got ready to leave a place I
wentested.

They said--"Doth not like us?"

I said--"I doth--I doth!"

I also said--"I hope your intentions are honorable--as I am
a lone child--my parents being far--far away."

They then said--"Wilt not marry us?"

I said--"Oh--no--it cannot was."

Again they asked me to marry them--and again I declined.
When they cried--

"Oh--cruel man! This is too much--oh! too much!"

I told them that it was on account of the muchness that I
declined.