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| Enter VALENTINE and VIOLA in man's attire, as Cesario |
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VALENTINE enters with VIOLA, who is dressed as a young man named Cesario. |
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| | VALENTINE |
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If the duke continue these favors towards you, Cesario, you |
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are like to be much advanced. He hath known you but three |
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days, and already you are no stranger. |
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| VALENTINE |
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If the Duke keeps treating you so well, Cesario, you'll go far. He's only known you for three days, but he's already treating you like a close friend. |
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You either fear his humor or my negligence, that you call in |
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question the continuance of his love. Is he inconstant, sir, in |
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his favors? |
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When you wonder whether he'll keep treating me well, it makes me think his mood might change—or else I'll mess up somehow. Do his feelings toward people change suddenly? |
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No, believe me. |
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| VALENTINE |
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No, not at all. |
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I thank you. Here comes the count. |
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Thanks for telling me. Here comes the Duke now. |
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| Enter ORSINO, CURIO, and attendants |
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ORSINO, CURIO, and attendants enter. |
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| | ORSINO |
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Who saw Cesario, ho? |
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Has anyone seen Cesario? |
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| | VIOLA |
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On your attendance, my lord, here. |
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I'm right here, my lord, at your service. |
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(to VIOLA and attendants)
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Stand you a while aloof. (to VIOLA) Cesario, |
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Thou know'st no less but all. I have unclasped |
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To thee the book even of my secret soul. |
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Therefore, good youth, address thy gait unto her; |
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Be not denied access, stand at her doors, |
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And tell them there thy fixed foot shall grow |
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Till thou have audience. |
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(to VIOLA and attendants) We'll need some privacy for a little while. (to VIOLA) Cesario, I want a word with you. You know everything about me. I've told you all the secrets of my soul. So please go to her house; if they don't let you in, plant yourself outside her door and tell them you won't leave until they let you see her. |
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