Paris. I shall rescue you and lead you on to life.

Helena. No one has even spoken to me like that before.

Paris. This is the first time your ears have heard the truth.

Helena. Was it of you I've been dreaming?

Paris. Your dream was but your unrealized desire.

Helena. Menelaus has never made me feel like this. [And then with a sudden shriek.] Oh! I'm a wicked woman!

Paris. No! No!

Helena. For years I've been living with a man I didn't love.

Paris. Yes! Yes!

Helena. I'm lost!