“Then are you trying to deceive Foedric?”
“Deceive him? What is that?”
“Telling him what isn’t true.”
“No, indeed. I would never do that.”
“It is true, then, that you love him?”
“Certainly it is; isn’t it, Foedric?”
I did not wait for Foedric to answer, but continued:
“And still a short time ago you said you loved me.”
“Well, is that any wonder, after what you have done for me?”
“But do you love us both at once?”