THE NEWLY BORN. Oh, do not be so unkind, Arjillax. You will make water come out of my eyes again.
MARTELLUS [contemplating the Figures] Just look at these two devils. I modelled them out of the stuff Pygmalion made for them. They are masterpieces of art. And see what they have done! Does that convince you of the value of art, Arjillax!
STREPHON. They look dangerous. Keep away from them.
ECRASIA. No need to tell us that, Strephon. Pf! They poison the air.
THE MALE FIGURE. Beware, woman. The wrath of Ozymandias strikes like the lightning.
THE FEMALE FIGURE. You just say that again if you dare, you filthy creature.
ACIS. What are you going to do with them, Martellus? You are responsible for them, now that Pygmalion has gone.
MARTELLUS. If they were marble it would be simple enough: I could smash them. As it is, how am I to kill them without making a horrible mess?
THE MALE FIGURE [posing heroically] Ha! [He declaims]
Come one: come all: this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I.