Get this No Fear to go!
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KATHERINE
Would Katherine had never seen him, though!
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KATHERINE
Maybe, but I wish I’d never laid eyes on him.
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Exit weeping, followed by BIANCA and
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She exits weeping, followed by BIANCA
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BAPTISTA
Go, girl. I cannot blame thee now to weep,
For such an injury would vex a very saint,
Much more a shrew of thy impatient humor.
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BAPTISTA
Go, daughter. I cannot blame you now for weeping. An insult like
this would try the patience of a saint, let alone a hot-tempered
shrew like you!
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Enter BIONDELLO
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BIONDELLO
enters. |
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BIONDELLO
Master, master! News, old news, and such news as you
never heard of!
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BIONDELLO
Master, master! I have news—old news such as you never
heard before!
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BAPTISTA
Is it new and old too? How may that be?
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BAPTISTA
You say you have news that’s old? How can that be?
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BIONDELLO
Why, is it not news to hear of Petruchio’s coming?
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BIONDELLO
Well, is it not news that Petruchio’s coming?
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BAPTISTA
Is he come?
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BAPTISTA
Is he here?
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BIONDELLO
Why, no, sir.
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BIONDELLO
Why, no, sir.
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BAPTISTA
What then?
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BAPTISTA
What then?
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BIONDELLO
He is coming.
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BIONDELLO
He is coming.
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BAPTISTA
When will he be here?
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BAPTISTA
When will he be here?
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BIONDELLO
When he stands where I am and sees you there.
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BIONDELLO
When he stands where I am and sees you there.
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TRANIO
(as
LUCENTIO) But say, what to thine old
news?
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TRANIO
(as
LUCENTIO) So what’s the
old news?
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