I should be free;
Or less unfair,
Her slave I’d be.
“Fair, or unfair—
Ah! woe is me;
So ill I fare—
Farewell to thee!”
The effect was peculiar. Some caught what they thought were puns in the words, and called for a repetition to catch them better; others said the fellow was a fool to give up the girl so soon,—she was not really so unfair as she appeared to him. Society amused itself hugely over the absurd situation.
Adele turned to the Doctor. “I don’t care for that song.”
“No! Why?”