That word should sound like the fold of wings around one's exhausted body.
Prince [archly]
Substitute arms for wings, and could for should, if I may be permitted to correct——
Queen
Oh, Charles, don't woo me with this poetic verbosity to take the place of feeling. It is so exactly what you would say to the brewer's daughter, had you selected her to save your estate and pay your bills.
Prince
Ah, Anne, Anne, why will you be so ironic?
Queen
Once or twice I thought of not being ironic, of looking into some person's eyes, and not finding that I had to look away, of resting with someone in a long silence full of exchanged beauties.
Prince [approaching her]