Conversation

CONVERSATION Tell me Polly, what does it say? Well, I’m not sure I wish to share Please, I never receive letters Ah, I’m sorry for you, Leila Oh, Polly, is it from – him? Yes, it is from Edmund Stanton Ah, that man from the party last week? You remember him then? Alas, the merest introduction Yes, for me too – but we talked some Go on, read it to me, I must know Well, it alludes to an opera we saw During your visit to Aunt Elspeth? Yes, in London, last Spring And you met him at the theatre? A most memorable production So what is the connection, Polly? We were seated next to each other You never told me this before I know, but this letter shares our secret