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(disguising his voice) What ho, I say! Peace in this prison! |
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| FOOL |
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(disguising his voice) Quiet down in this prison! |
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The knave counterfeits well. A good knave. |
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| SIR TOBY BELCH |
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The fool's a good actor. A good fool. |
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| | MALVOLIO |
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(from within) Who calls there? |
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| MALVOLIO |
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(offstage) Who's shouting? |
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| | FOOL |
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Sir Topas the curate, who comes to visit Malvolio the |
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lunatic. |
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| FOOL |
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I'm Sir Topas the priest. I've come to visit Malvolio the lunatic. |
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| | MALVOLIO |
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Sir Topas, Sir Topas, good Sir Topas, go to my lady— |
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| MALVOLIO |
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Sir Topas, Sir Topas, good Sir Topas, please go find my lady Olivia— |
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| | FOOL |
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Out, hyperbolical fiend! How vexest thou this man! Talkest |
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thou nothing but of ladies? |
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| FOOL |
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Get out, demon! Why are you bothering this poor man! Can't you talk about anything besides ladies? |
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(aside) Well said, Master Parson. |
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| SIR TOBY BELCH |
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(to himself) Well said, Mr. Priest. |
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| | MALVOLIO |
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Sir Topas, never was man thus wronged. Good Sir Topas, |
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do not think I am mad. They have laid me here in hideous |
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darkness. |
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| MALVOLIO |
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Sir Topas, nobody's ever been as badly treated as I've been. Good Sir Topas, don't believe I'm insane, They've shut me up here in horrible darkness. |
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| | FOOL |
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Fie, thou dishonest Satan! I call thee by the most modest |
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terms, for I am one of those gentle ones that will use the |
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devil himself with courtesy. Sayest thou that house is dark? |
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| FOOL |
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You should be ashamed of yourself, Satan, you liar! I'm being gentle with you, because I'm one of those good-hearted people who are polite to the devil himself. You call this house dark? |
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| | MALVOLIO |
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As hell, Sir Topas. |
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| MALVOLIO |
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Dark as hell, Sir Topas. |
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| | FOOL |
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Why, it hath bay windows transparent as barricadoes, and |
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the clerestories toward the south-north are as lustrous as |
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ebony. And yet complainest thou of obstruction? |
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| FOOL |
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But it has bay windows that are as transparent as stone walls, and the upper windows facing south-north are as clear as coal. But you're still complaining of darkness and a bad view? |
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I am not mad, Sir Topas. I say to you this house is dark. |
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| MALVOLIO |
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I'm not insane, Sir Topas. I'm telling you, this house is dark. |
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