I wish, Jane, I were a trifle better adapted to match with her externally. Tell me now, fairy as you are--can't you give me a charm, or a philter, or something of that sort, to make me a handsome man?"
"Vedete, Jane, vorrei che il mio aspetto stonasse meno col suo; ditemi, fatina, non potreste farmi un incantesimo, o darmi un balsamo che mi rendesse bello?