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Wilfrid Scawen Blunt - Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: XLIV
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We came at last, alas! I see it yet,
 With its open windows on the upper floor,
 To a certain house still stirring, with lights set,
 And just a chink left open of the door.
 Here my companion stopped and bade me in;
 Her dressmaker`s, she said. And I, who heard
 A sound of women`s voices from within,
 Shrank back alarmed and ready at a word
 From any damsel stoutly to deny.
 But ``Madame Blanche,`` she said to ease my fears,
 ``Is a good soul, and far too wise to pry
 Or fancy evil of her customers
 At any hour of the night they choose to come,
 Much less of me.`` And so I followed dumb.
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