Chapter XLI
Reading edition
I buy my clothes in high-priced shops; My collars match my shirts; I swing a dapper cane with ease And ogle all the skirts. I follow the ads in the Satevepost; I have picked the car to buy; I read the "Book of Etiquette," And "Sappho" on the sly. A bit of my handkerchief always shows In a pocket of my coat.... I carry a letter next to my heart That a movie actress wrote. I said to a lady I flirted with: "I'm a gent!" But then she ran, Though over her shoulder sweetly said: "That's a third of a gentleman!"