<h2><SPAN name="link2H_4_0006" id="link2H_4_0006"></SPAN> Aunt Helen </h2>
<p>Miss Helen Slingsby was my maiden aunt,<br/>
And lived in a small house near a fashionable square<br/>
Cared for by servants to the number of four.<br/>
Now when she died there was silence in heaven<br/>
And silence at her end of the street.<br/>
The shutters were drawn and the undertaker wiped his feet—<br/>
He was aware that this sort of thing had occurred before.<br/>
The dogs were handsomely provided for,<br/>
But shortly afterwards the parrot died too.<br/>
The Dresden clock continued ticking on the mantelpiece,<br/>
And the footman sat upon the dining-table<br/>
Holding the second housemaid on his knees—<br/>
Who had always been so careful while her mistress lived.<br/></p>
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