And in course of time they learn to bless
The Baron and the Baroness.
"And in course of time the curate learns
A secret so dreadful, that by turns
He is ice and fire, he freezes and burns.
The Baron at confession hath said,
That though this woman be his wife,
He hath wed her as the Indians wed,
He hath bought her for a gun and a knife!"
Then there was trouble, but it seems to have been soon cured by a Christian wedding: