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"A Visit to 104 Berkeley square
Here dwell together still the General—and Vi,
Vi! who never lived 'neath Bertie's iron grip.
How very hard she seemed to transmogrify
That age before the Baron's acid trip.
But still the game is love for her, demure,
Attuned to overlook his checkered past;
Bertie is Bertie, yet she'll make him pure,
But those things her heart accepts leave all aghast.
A yellow fog swirls past unbelieving eyes
As pages turn, she reads his leather book.
An innocent splashing through his alibis,
The ghastly litanies fail her second look.
Here, though a heart is broke, these two survive.
May Vi find love ′afore she reaches ninety-five.
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