Fie, fie! Not so!
We will not have it so!
CHORUS OF MATRONS.
Have patience, lassies--wait a little space;
The bridal lamps will flame, the songs be sung;
Then you can laugh, and teach your own good man
To know the length of his good woman's tongue!
FOOTNOTES
[Footnote 1]: Head-man.
[Footnote 2]: Government.