Your Majesty's eyes are too full of pain to see clearly perhaps.
Queen
I am obsessed by a dream, and in this dream my whole life lies snared and gasping.
[Dea appears in the background of the cart, arranging things for the night. Phedro glances at her quickly and then back at the Queen.]
Phedro
There is a loose stone in every wall if one scratches long enough, yet in taking one's desire there may be surprises, unpleasant surprises.
Queen
But if ever one clutches the echo of one's own heart, what difference if a pox of madness seize the whole world?
Phedro
If you are willing to mean always what you feel now, your Majesty.