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ACT II
Dialogue following No. 18
| Princess. | You say you know the court of Hildebrand? There is a Prince there – I forget his name – |
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| Hilarion. | Hilarion? | ||||
| Princess. | Exactly – is he well? | ||||
| Hilarion. | If it be well to droop and pine and mope, To sigh 'Oh, Ida! Ida!' all day long, 'Ida! my love! my life! Oh, come to me!' If it be well, I say, to do all this, Then Prince Hilarion is very well. |
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| Princess. | He breathes our name? Well, it's a common one! And is the booby comely? |
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| Hilarion. | Pretty well. | ||||
| I've heard it said that if I dressed myself In Prince Hilarion's clothes (supposing this Consisted with my maiden modesty), I might be taken for Hilarion's self. But what is this to you or me, who think Of all mankind with undisguised contempt? |
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| Princess. | Contempt? Why, damsel, when I think of man, Contempt is not the word. |
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| Cyril. | (getting tipsy) | I'm sure of that, | |||
| Or if it is, it surely should not be! | |||||
| Hilarion. | (aside to Cyril ) Be quiet, idiot, or they'll find us out. | ||||
| Cyril. | The Prince Hilarion's a goodly lad! | ||||
| Princess. | You know him then? | ||||
| Cyril. | (tipsily) | I rather think I do! | |||
| We are inseparables! | |||||
| Princess. | Why, what's this? | ||||
| You love him then? | |||||
| Cyril. | We do indeed – all three! | ||||
| Hilarion. | Madam, she jests! (aside to Cyril ) Remember where you are! | ||||
| Cyril. | Jests? Not at all! Why, bless my heart alive, You and Hilarion, when at the Court, Rode the same horse! |
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| Princess. | (horrified) | Astride? | |||
| Cyril. | Of course! Why not? | ||||
| Wore the same clothes – and once or twice, I think, Got tipsy in the same good company! |
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| Princess. | Well, these are nice young ladies, on my word! | ||||
| Cyril. | (tipsy) Don't you remember that old kissing-song He'd sing to blushing Mistress Lalage, The hostess of the Pigeons? Thus it ran: |
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