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"Why is Your Majesty sighing" said Hippolytus. "Is it because I
did not satisfy you?"
"It is quite the opposite," said the empress. "The feelings I
have toward you have increased even more. At first I thought of
you as a good man, and now I find you much better and more
valiant. The reason for my sighing has been only that I am
grieved because they will hold you as a heretic."
"What, my lady!" said Hippolytus. "Why should I be considered a
heretic?"
"Because," said the empress, "you have fallen in love with your
mother."
"'My lady,"' said Hippolytus, "no one knows how worthy you are
but me."
The two lovers spoke of these things and of many others, with all
the delights and sweet words that two people in love enjoy. They
did not sleep the whole night through, and morning was nearly
upon them. The empress had spoken the truth when she told the
doctors that she would sleep very little that night. Now, tired
from staying awake, they slept, for the new day had arrived.


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