You call good evil, and evil good; our light is your darkness, and our darkness your light.

Yet surely you cannot be altogether insane.

Come, come, let us look further.

How is it! Try now to recall your reason.

A long life--a life, and a long one! Surely there can be no human being in a healthy state of nature who wishes to prolong his life; and as to riches, it is possible that anyone exists who really and honestly desires riches?
Impossible! And requited love! Oh, Atam-or, you are mad to-day! You are always strange, but now you have quite taken leave of your senses.