For a long time she struggled with the pangs which raged within her, but they grew too fierce to be endured, and she revealed to him her love.
Phæ. "'My lord, 'tis said you soon will part from us.
Hip. Madam!
Phæ. I pray you do not leave us!
Hip. My duty, lady!—
Phæ. Would that that duty, were in pleasing me;
Hip. To please you, lady, were my highest wish,
To gain your love, my highest privilege.
Phæ. To gain my love?