When the statue comes to life, Pygmalion reacts in the follo…

When the stаtue cоmes tо life, Pygmаliоn reаcts in the following way: "He knew / Giddy as he was with longing and prayers / This must be hallucination. / He jerked himself back to his senses / And prodded the ivory. He squeezed it. / But it was no longer ivory. / Her pulse throbbed under his thumb." What does Pygmalion's act of prodding and squeezing the statue most directly reveal about his state of mind?