SITTAH.

Nay, child, not princess! Call me friend,

Or Sittah--or your sister--or dear mother,

For I might well be so to you--so good,

So prudent, and so young! How much you know,

How much you must have read!

RECHA.

Read, Sittah! now

You're mocking me, for I can scarcely read.

SITTAH.