Word came to leave six seats empty in the front row, and no one has paid for them. All the same, I gave the order to light every glass lamp, not one left dark.
When I offered to buy that whole front row outright, you told me it wasn't for sale.
Twenty more boarded the upriver boat. They say people are coming from across the river just for the lamps.
Twenty invitations came back water-smeared. Shall I have them reprinted?



