The woman shall be seen of thee no more.
[_Takes_ CYNISCA'S _hand and leads her to_ PYGMALION.]
What wouldst thou with her now? Thou hast thy wife!
[_She substitutes_ CYNISCA _in her place, and retires, weeping_. CYNISCA
_takes him to her arms and kisses him. He recovers his sight_.
PYG. Cynisca! see! the light of day is mine!
Once more I look upon thy well loved face!
_Enter_ GALATEA
MYR. Pygmalion!
See--Galatea's here! [GALATEA _kneels_.
PYG. Away from me,
Woman or statue! Thou the only blight
That ever fell upon my love--begone,
[CYNISCA _comforts her_.
For thou hast been the curse of all who fell
Within the compass of thy waywardness!
CYN. No, no; recall those words, Pygmalion,
Thou knowest not all.
GAL. Nay, let me go from him;
That curse--his curse still ringing in mine ears,
For life is bitterer to me than death.
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