No Fear Shakespeare
Othello
Act 4, Scene 3
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Enter OTHELLO,
LODOVICO, DESDEMONA,
EMILIA and attendants |
OTHELLO, LODOVICO,
DESDEMONA and EMILIA enter, with
attendants. | |
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LODOVICO
I do beseech you, sir, trouble yourself no further.
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LODOVICO
Please, sir, don’t trouble yourself.
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OTHELLO
Oh, pardon me, ’twill do me good to walk.
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OTHELLO
I beg your pardon; walking will make me feel better.
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LODOVICO
Madam, good night. I humbly thank your ladyship.
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LODOVICO
Good night, madam. Thank you.
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DESDEMONA
Your honor is most welcome.
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DESDEMONA
You’re most welcome.
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OTHELLO
Will you walk, sir?—O Desdemona—
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OTHELLO
Would you walk out with me, sir?—Oh,
Desdemona—
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DESDEMONA
My lord?
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DESDEMONA
Yes, my lord?
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OTHELLO
Get you to bed on th' instant, I will be returned
Forthwith. Dismiss your attendant there, look ’t be
done.
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OTHELLO
Go to bed right this minute. I’ll be there shortly.
Send your maid Emilia away. Make sure you do what I say.
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DESDEMONA
I will, my lord.
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DESDEMONA
I will, my lord.
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Exeunt OTHELLO,
LODOVICO, and attendants |
OTHELLO,
LODOVICO, and attendants exit. | |
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EMILIA
How goes it now? He looks gentler than he did.
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EMILIA
How are things now? He looks calmer than he did before.
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DESDEMONA
He says he will return incontinent,
And hath commanded me to go to bed
And bid me to dismiss you.
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DESDEMONA
He says he’ll come back right away. He asked me to go
to bed and to send you away.
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EMILIA
Dismiss me?
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EMILIA
Send me away?
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DESDEMONA
It was his bidding. Therefore, good Emilia,
Give me my nightly wearing, and adieu.
We must not now displease him.
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DESDEMONA
That’s what he said. So give me my nightgown, Emilia,
and I’ll say goodnight. We shouldn’t displease
him.
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