I saw no reason to regret the step;

Twelve—thirteen—fourteen saw me still unchanged;

At fifteen, it occurred to me one day

That marriage was a necessary ill,

Inflicted by the gods to punish us,

And to evade it were impiety;

At sixteen the idea became more fixed;

At seventeen I was convinced of it!

Pyg. In the mean time she’d seen Pygmalion.

Myr. And you confided all your doubts to him?