"We were together, Claude and I,

Bonded together as man and wife;

Little I thought, as I uttered my vows,

What was the real Ideal of life.

"He is my Husband to love and obey,—

Those were the words of the priest, I think,—

He is to purchase the clothes I wear,

Order my victuals and order my drink!

"Well, it is well if it must be so:

Woman the slave and man the lord;