ma chere fille!_ said I, as she tripp'd by from her matins--you look as rosy as the morning (for the sun was rising, and it made the compliment the more gracious) --No; it can't be that, quoth a fourth----(she made a curt'sy to me --I kiss'd my hand) 'tis debt, continued he: 'Tis certainly for debt; quoth a fifth; I would not pay that gentleman's debts, quoth _Ace_, for a thousand pounds; nor would I, quoth _Size_, for six times the sum --Well thrown, _Size-ace_, again! 
ma chere fille!' said I, as she tripped by, 'you look as rosy as the morning,'
'No; 'tis debt,' quoth a fourth (she curtsied to me - I kissed my hand to her.)
''Tis certainly for debt,' quoth a fifth; 'I would not pay that gentleman's debts for a thousand pounds.'
