Vivien. Ha! Now I stabbed thy longings to the quick,

And probed thine ink-heart.—Thou dost love the Queen,

Thou, who doth dwell so far below her scorn!

Mordred. Witch-hag or Devil! Wert thou but a man,

And I would quickly send thee to that hell

Where thou belongest.

Vivien. Nay, I fear thee not.

I am too much a part of all thy plans

For thee to quarrel with. Stab me and thou stabbest

The life of all thy longings. Let my blood,