Their heads being turned with praise and flattery;

And that is why their lovers are afraid

To tell them a plain story.

Forgael. That’s not the story;

But I have done so great a wrong against you,

There is no measure that it would not burst.

I will confess it all.

Dectora.What do I care,

Now that my body has begun to dream,

And you have grown to be a burning coal