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| Enter KATHERINE and
BIANCA, her hands bound |
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| KATHERINE and BIANCA
enter. BIANCA'S hands are
tied. |
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| | BIANCA |
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Good sister, wrong me not nor wrong yourself, |
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To make a bondmaid and a slave of me. |
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That I disdain. But for these other goods— |
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Unbind my hands, I'll pull them off myself, |
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Yea, all my raiment to my petticoat, |
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Or what you will command me will I do, |
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So well I know my duty to my elders. |
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| BIANCA |
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Dear sister, it's unfair to me—and unfair to
yourself—to turn me into a slave. That I won't
stand for. But if you want my
things—untie my hands and
I'll give them to you myself, everything, even down to my
slip. Or anything else you order me to do. I know I should obey my
elders. |
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| | KATHERINE |
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Of all thy suitors here I charge thee tell |
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Whom thou lovest best. See thou dissemble not. |
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| KATHERINE |
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What I want is for you to tell me which of your suitors you like
best. And don't lie. |
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| | BIANCA |
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Believe me, sister, of all the men alive |
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I never yet beheld that special face |
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Which I could fancy more than any other. |
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| BIANCA |
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I swear, dear sister, I have not yet encountered that special face
I might prefer to any other. |
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| | KATHERINE |
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Minion, thou liest. Is 't not Hortensio? |
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| KATHERINE |
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You lying brat. It's Hortensio, isn't it? |
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| | BIANCA |
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If you affect him, sister, here I swear |
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I'll plead for you myself, but you shall have him. |
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| BIANCA |
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If you want him, dear sister, he's yours. I swear
I'll woo him for you myself. |
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| | KATHERINE |
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Oh, then belike you fancy riches more. |
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You will have Gremio to keep you fair. |
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| KATHERINE |
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Oh, I see. You're more interested in money.
You'll live in luxury with Gremio. |
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| | BIANCA |
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Is it for him you do envy me so? |
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Nay, then you jest, and now I well perceive |
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You have but jested with me all this while. |
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I prithee, sister Kate, untie my hands. |
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| BIANCA |
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Is it because of him that you envy
me? You must be kidding! And now I see that you've been
joking all the while. Please, Kate, untie my hands. |
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