His mother, Donna Inez, finding, too,

That in the lieu of drawing on his banker,

Where his assets were waxing rather few,

He had brought his spending to a handsome anchor,—

Replied, "that she was glad to see him through

Those pleasures after which wild youth will hanker;

As the sole sign of Man's being in his senses

Is—learning to reduce his past expenses.[KA]