"One day, amid the rest, the youth surveyed The dame disordered and opprest with gloom;
Having twice summoned, by her waiting-maid, The favoured dwarf, who yet delayed to come;
A third time by the lady sent, she said:
-- `Engaged at play, Madonna, is the groom, Nor, lest he lose a doit, his paltry stake, Will that discourteous churl his game forsake.'