The dear Princesses! I have always said

That nobody could refuse them anything.

[SEANCHAN takes the cup in one hand. In the other he holds for a moment the hand of the PRINCESS.

SEANCHAN.

O long, soft fingers and pale finger-tips,

Well worthy to be laid in a king’s hand!

O, you have fair white hands, for it is certain

There is uncommon whiteness in these hands.

But there is something comes into my mind,

Princess. A little while before your birth,