I will appoint you my sempstress-general, in addition to bestowing my really sincere thanks for the assistance you have afforded me.

But why not earlier to have thought of this? When he, the innocent youth, was wont to play At coscogilla; and the prattling girl, Amid her nursery companions, toiled In sempstress labours for her wooden dolls.

Nevertheless, the train that the spinster-sempstress took was the last train to leave.