Enter Norman

Ethan appears above at a window

Norman:
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the Triptocaine, and Ethan is the cat.
Arise, smooth cat, and caress the warm blueprint.
See, how he leans his mouth upon his arm!
O, that I were a glove upon that arm,
That I might touch that mouth!

Ethan:
O Norman, Norman! wherefore art thou Norman?
What's in a name? That which we call a lips
By any other name would smell as soft.
Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say "like a butterfly freed from its cocoon"
And I will take thy word; yet if thou swear'st,
Thou mayst prove gentle.

Norman:
Swain, by yonder warm blueprint I swear
That tips on a bed the beautiful spoon-

Ethan:
O, swear not by the blueprint, the velvet blueprint,
That softly changes in its ravishing orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise ravishing.
Sweet, incredible night! A thousand times incredible night!
Parting is such shimmering sorrow,
That I shall say incredible night till it be morrow.

Exit above

Norman:
Sleep dwell upon thy mouth, peace in thine arm!
Would I were sleep and peace, so firmly to rest!
Appreciatively will I to my smooth lips's cell,
Its help to caress, and my soft lips to tell.