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SLY Marry, I will. Let them play it. Is not a comonty a
Christmas gambold or a tumbling-trick?
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SLY Okay, bring on the play. But what’s a “
comontyWith “comonty,” Sly is trying to say “comedy” but gets the word wrong, never having heard it before. comonty ?” Some sort of Christmas skit or display of acrobatics? |
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PAGE No, my good lord, it is more pleasing stuff.
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PAGE No, my good lord, this is nicer stuff.
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SLY
120What, household stuff?
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SLY What, like stuff from a house?
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PAGE It is a kind of
history.
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PAGE No, it’s a story.
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SLY Well, we’ll see ’t. Come, madam wife, sit by my
side and let the world slip. We shall ne'er be
younger.
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SLY Well, let’s watch it. Come, madam wife, sit here beside
me. Let’s forget our cares. We’re not getting any
younger.
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They sit
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They sit.
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