Vav. I do not love the world.

My darling sister found her sorrow there—

The world is naught to me. This tiny isle,

But half a league in girth holds all I love.

My world is where thou art—there let me stay

For the few months that yet remain to me!

I think my time on earth will be but brief.

Hil. Hush, hush, Vavir. I will not hear these things.

Vav. My life has been a very happy life,

So free from pain and sorrow of its own