The Melancholy Korean

You knew the answer, but you asked her anyway.

Fool.

Quae tibi manet vita? Quis nunc te adibit? Cui videberis bella? Quem nunc amabis? Cuius esse diceris? Quem basiabis? Cui labella mordebis?

What life is left for you?

Marco.

To whom will you be beautiful?

Marco.

Who will now come to you?

Marco.

Whom will you kiss? Whose lips will you bite?

Marco. Marco. Marco.

Whom will you love, in sickness and in health?

Marco.

Fatuus Marcus. Marco the Dunce.

What will they call you, Kitty, now and forever?

Marco’s wife.