No more, but speak.

Lady Giovanna.

I will. You know sick people,

More specially sick children, have strange fancies,

Strange longings; and to thwart them in their mood

May work them grievous harm at times, may even

Hasten their end. I would you had a son!

It might be easier then for you to make

Allowance for a mother—her—who comes

To rob you of your one delight on earth.