There is example for 't. The lady of the Strachy married the
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yeoman of the wardrobe.
MALVOLIO
After all, it wouldn't be the first time that kind of thing has happened. Lady Strachy married her wardrobe manager.
SIR ANDREW
(aside) Fie on him, Jezebel!
SIR ANDREW
(whispering) Damn him, the arrogant fool!
FABIAN
(aside) O, peace! Now he's deeply in. Look how
imagination blows him.
FABIAN
(whispering) Shh! We've got him right where we want him. He's on a big ego trip.
MALVOLIO
Having been three months married to her, sitting in my
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state—
MALVOLIO
Just think of me, having been married to her for three months, sitting around majestically—
SIR TOBY BELCH
(aside) Oh, for a stone-bow, to hit him in the eye!
SIR TOBY BELCH
(whispering) If only I had a slingshot so I could hit him in the eye!
MALVOLIO
Calling my officers about me, in my branched velvet gown,
having come from a daybed, where I have left Olivia
sleeping—
MALVOLIO
Calling my servants together, wearing an embroidered robe, having just come from a couch where I've left Olivia sleeping—
SIR TOBY BELCH
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(aside) Fire and brimstone!
SIR TOBY BELCH
(whispering) That does it!
FABIAN
(aside) O, peace, peace!
FABIAN
(whispering) Oh, be quiet, be quiet!
MALVOLIO
And then to have the humor of state, and after a demure
travel of regard, telling them I know my place as I would
they should do theirs, to ask for my kinsman Toby—
MALVOLIO
Then I'd put on a lofty and exalted expression. I'd look around the room calmly, then tell them that I know my place, and I'd like them to know theirs. Then I'd tell them to go find my cousin Toby—
