There they may sit, or strut and prink : Their part is to tip the wink, If anyone should dare Upon that isle to settle, Or only for a while to get Relief from sickness or the wet, Or maybe boil a kettle.
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And it was in the midst of this middle-aged dementia that two young ladies, a pair of fresh-faced sprites, all shiny and smug in their newness, wander up the stairs and begin eyeing us uncomfortably as we giggle and prink and preen.
