"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;