ACT I

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(Enter Hilarion) Hilarion. To-day we meet, my baby bride and I —   But ah, my hopes are balanced by my fears! What transmutations have been conjured by   The silent alchemy of twenty years! Ida was a twelve-month old,   Twenty years ago! I was twice her age, I'm told,   Twenty years ago! Husband twice as old as wife, Argues ill for married life; Baleful prophecies were rife,   Twenty years ago, Twenty years ago!

Still, I was a tiny Prince,   Twenty years ago! She has gained upon me, since   Twenty years ago! Though she's twenty-one, it's true, I am barely twenty-two; False and foolish prophets you   Twenty years ago, Twenty years ago!

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