“Why wert thou sent with me?”
“Perchance to be thy companion and thy servant, my lady.”
“But who art thou?”
“I was a dancing-maiden. Now I am a prisoner.”
“Art thou the Psyche who danced at Pompey’s Theatre?”
“Ay, my lady.”
“I have seen thee portray Niobe.”
“’Tis the character I loved best to portray.”
“But why art thou a prisoner?”
“I know not, my lady.”