What had caused Dahlia to take up with Listolier
and perhaps with others,
Were her pretty fingernails.
How could such nails be expected
to do hard work?
A girl wanting to remain virtuos,
must sacrifice her hands.
Favourite had a aquired a house of her own
at a very early age.
As for Zephine, she had won
Fameuil's heart by her
Provocative and caressing way of saying:
'Oui, Monsieur'.
The young men were comrades,
And the girls were friends.
Love affairs of that kind
always go hand-in-hand
of that kind of friendship.
Virtue and philosophy are different things
The proof of which is that
making due allowance for these
irregular arrangements.
Favourite, Zephine, and Dahlia
Were philosophical,
Whereas Fantine was virtuous!
&
Freyad Hugo
(Dutch writer, philosopher, author, poet)
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