THE FAIRY
That means you've been helping him cut down trees. I don't like that very much. You call that working, do you? Ah, well, men evidently can't live without destroying the last things of beauty that remain on the earth!... So let's talk of something else.... (Mysteriously.) Can any one hear us?
TYLTYL
I don't think so.
THE FAIRY
(Growing angry once more.) It doesn't matter what you think, but whether you're sure. What I have to say is tremendously important ... and strictly private. Come here, quite close, so that I can whisper it.... Whom are you in love with?
TYLTYL
(In amazement.) Whom am I in love with?
THE FAIRY
(Still cross and quite forgetting the importance of speaking in a low voice.) Yes, yes! I'm not talking Greek, am I? I want to know if you're in love with any one.