Woe , alone , and at the lines ... We each are young , we each have a heart , Oh , why should we stand thus coldly apart ?<br>he looked at Meg with such a lackadiasical expression that she laughed outright and spoiled his song .<br>`` How can you be so cruel to me ? ''<br>he whispered , under cover of a lively chorus .<br>`` You 've kept close to that starched-up Englishwoman all day , and now you snub me . ''
Meg was not being serious during his chorus
She laughed at him, so obviously not being serious.
( z1 serious :polarity - :ARG1 ( z2 person :name ( z3 name :op "Meg" ) ) :time ( z4 chorus :poss z2 ) )