The Unexpected Encounter

I had a most sweet dream;
Amiable Prince, what do you think of it?
I saw you at my knees:
Gods! how content I was!
Would you be quite pleased, between us,
To have me as a lover?
Fulfill my expectation.
Answer me
In good faith,
Would you be quite pleased, between us,
To have me as a lover?

Nothing is more glorious for me than the offer of a heart like yours; but nothing can make me love. My friend is blinded by an invincible melancholy, and cannot do you justice as well as my eyes.

You resemble the nascent rose;
You would fix the fickle Zephyr the West Wind:
One would take you for the brilliant Dawn,
Who makes pleasure fly in her footsteps.
My heart, from a new chain,
Does not wish to receive the knots:
But if it could be unfaithful
You would be the object of its vows.
You resemble, &c.

Do you know well, my Prince, that you understand how to pique a woman's vanity as politely as possible; but I am kind, and I am going to relieve you of your error. You believe me to be your lover, console yourself: I am only one of her slaves.

Is it possible?

You are very mischievous. What is the point of this disguise?

You shall know. For the rest, do not reproach me for my malice, you have punished me well enough for it.