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Scene IVThe same. A streetEnter Gratiano, Lorenzo, Salarino, and SalanioLorenzoNay, we will slink away in supper-time, Disguise us at my lodging and return, All in an hour.GratianoWe have not made good preparation.SalarinoWe have not spoke us yet of torchbearers.Salanio’Tis vile, unless it may be quaintly order’d, And better in my mind not undertook.Lorenzo’Tis now but four o’clock: we have two hours To furnish us.Enter Launcelot, with a letterFriend Launcelot, what’s the news?LauncelotAn it shall please you to break up this, it shall seem to signify.LorenzoI know the hand: in faith, ’tis a fair hand; And whiter than the paper it writ on Is the fair hand that writ.GratianoLove-news, in faith.LauncelotBy your leave, sir.LorenzoWhither goest thou?LauncelotMarry, sir, to bid my old master the Jew to sup to-night with my new master the Christian.LorenzoHold here, take this: tell gentle Jessica I will not fail her; speak it privately. Go, gentlemen,Exit LauncelotWill you prepare you for this masque tonight? I am provided of a torch-bearer.SalanioAy, marry, I’ll be gone about it straight.SalanioAnd so will I.LorenzoMeet me and Gratiano At Gratiano’s lodging some hour hence.Salarino’Tis good we do so.Exeunt Salarino and SalanioGratianoWas not that letter from fair Jessica?LorenzoI must needs tell thee all. She hath directed How I shall take her from her father’s house, What gold and jewels she is furnish’d with, What page’s suit she hath in readiness. If e’er the Jew her father come to heaven, It will be for his gentle daughter’s sake: And never dare misfortune cross her foot, Unless she do it under this excuse, That she is issue to a faithless Jew. Come, go with me; peruse this as thou goest: Fair Jessica shall be my torch-bearer.Exeunt
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William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene VI
- William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene VI
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- Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
