“A year ago I was a member of theTitipu town band. It was my duty to take the cap round for contributions. While discharging this delicate office, I saw Yum-Yum. We loved each other at once, but she was betrothed to her guardian Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor, and I saw that my suit was hopeless.”
— The Mikado, Act I, Gilbert and Sullivan
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