There stands my other self, tell them to her,

She'll listen well; nay, that's ungenerous,

For she is I, yet lovelier than I,

And hath no temper, sir, and hath no tongue;

Thou hast thy license—make good use of it.

Already I'm half jealous—there!

[Draws curtain concealing statue.

It's gone.

The thing is but a statue after all,

And I am safe in leaving thee with her;