Nurse, where's my daughter? Tell her to come to
me.
NURSE
Now, by my maidenhead at twelve year old
I bade her come. What, lamb! What, ladybird!
God forbid! Where's this girl? What, Juliet!
NURSE
I swear to you by my virginity at age twelve, I already told her
to come. Come on! Where is she? What is she doing? What,
Juliet!
Enter JULIET
JULIET enters.
JULIET
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How now, who calls?
JULIET
What is it? Who's calling me?
NURSE
Your mother.
NURSE
Your mother.
JULIET
Madam, I am here. What is your will?
JULIET
Madam, I'm here. What do you want?
LADY CAPULET
This is the matter.—Nurse, give leave awhile,
We must talk in secret.—Nurse, come back again.
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I have remembered me. Thou's hear our counsel.
Thou know'st my daughter's of a pretty
age.
LADY CAPULET
I'll tell you what's the
matter—Nurse, leave us alone for a little while. We must
talk privately—Nurse, come back here. I just remembered,
you can listen to our secrets. You know how young my daughter
is.
NURSE
Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour.
NURSE
Yes, I know her age down to the hour.
LADY CAPULET
She's not fourteen.
LADY CAPULET
She's not even fourteen.
NURSE
I'll lay fourteen of my teeth—and yet, to my
teen be it
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spoken, I have but four—she is not fourteen. How long
is it
now to Lammastide?
NURSE
I'd bet fourteen of my own teeth—but,
I'm sorry to say, I only have four
teeth—she's not fourteen. How long is it until Lammastide
?
