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HERO Why, then, your visor should be thatched.
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HERO Well, then, since Philemon’s roof was thatched with
straw, your mask should have a beard.
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DON PEDRO Speak low if you speak love.
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DON PEDRO If you wish to speak of love, speak more softly.
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They move aside. BALTHASAR
andMARGARET move forward
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They move aside. BALTHASAR
andMARGARET move forward.
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BALTHASAR
80Well, I would you did like me.
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BALTHASAR Well, I wish you liked me.
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MARGARET So would not I for your own sake, for I have many ill
qualities.
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MARGARET I’m glad I don’t, for your sake. I have many
awful qualities.
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BALTHASAR Which is one?
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BALTHASAR Tell me one.
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MARGARET I say my prayers aloud.
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MARGARET I say my prayers out loud.
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BALTHASAR I love you the better; the hearers may cry
“Amen.”
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BALTHASAR That makes me love you even more. Everyone who hears you can
shout, “Amen.”
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MARGARET
85God match me with a good dancer!
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MARGARET God give me a good dance partner!
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BALTHASAR Amen.
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BALTHASAR Amen. That would be me.
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MARGARET And God keep him out of my sight when the dance is done!
Answer, clerk.
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MARGARET And God take him away from me when we’re finished
dancing! Go ahead—say
“Amen.”
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BALTHASAR No more words. The clerk is answered.
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BALTHASAR No more talking. I’ve got my answer.
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They move aside. URSULA
andANTONIO move forward.
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They move aside. URSULA
andANTONIO move forward.
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URSULA
90I know you well enough. You are Signor Antonio.
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URSULA I know who you are; you are Signior Antonio.
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ANTONIO At a word, I am not.
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ANTONIO No, really, I’m not.
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URSULA I know you by the waggling of your head.
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URSULA I can tell by the way you waggle your head.
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