No Fear Shakespeare
The Comedy of Errors
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Act 4, Scene 2, Page 4
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ADRIANA
As if time were in debt. How fondly dost thou reason!
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ADRIANA
Time’s not the one in debt. Your logic is so foolish.
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DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
Time is a very bankrout and owes more than he’s worth to
season.
Nay, he’s a thief too. Have you not heard men say
That time comes stealing on by night and day?
If he be in debt and theft, and a sergeant in the way,
Hath he not reason to turn back an hour in a day?
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DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
Time is always bankrupt: it owes more than it can ever pay back in a season. And Time’s a thief, too—don’t you know the old saying, “Time steals along”? So if Time is in debt and also a thief, and a cop comes, don’t you think Time would turn back an hour?
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Re-enter LUCIANA with a purse |
LUCIANA returns with a purse full of money. |
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ADRIANA
Go, Dromio. There’s the money. Bear it straight,
And bring thy master home immediately.
Come, sister, I am pressed down with conceit:
Conceit, my comfort and my injury.
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ADRIANA
Here’s the money, Dromio. Take it to your master and bring him home immediately. Come, sister, my imagination is too much for me: it both comforts me and depresses me.
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Exeunt |
They exit. |
