How came you so

A very little man, very 'how came you so,' / Went home on a dingy night; / It was past twelve o'clock, he'd a long way to go, / And he walk'd like a crab, left and right.

Wine took a large part in the Egyptian ritual, […] and in private life women were not restricted in its use. In fact, the ungallant Egyptians have left behind them several delineations of ladies in a decided state of "how came you so?"