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Discretion

by Ambrose Bierce

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She :
I’m told that men have sometimes got Too confidential, and Have said to one another what They⁠—well, you understand. I hope I don’t offend you, sweet, But are you sure that you’re discreet?
He :
’Tis true, sometimes my friends in wine Their conquests do recall, But none can truly say that mine Are known to him at all. I never, never talk you o’er⁠— In truth, I never get the floor.

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