READ STUDY GUIDE: Act II, scenes i-ii |
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Act II, Scene ii:
2. Verona. A room in JULIA'S house.
2. Verona. A room in JULIA'S house.
| [Enter PROTEUS and JULIA.] |
| PROTEUS: |
| Have patience, gentle Julia. |
| JULIA: |
| I must, where is no remedy. |
| PROTEUS: |
| When possibly I can, I will return. |
| JULIA: |
| If you turn not, you will return the sooner. |
| Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake. |
| [Gives him a ring.] |
| PROTEUS: |
| Why, then, we'll make exchange. Here, take you this. |
| [Gives her another.] |
| JULIA: |
| And seal the bargain with a holy kiss. |
| PROTEUS: |
| Here is my hand for my true constancy; |
| And when that hour o'erslips me in the day |
| Wherein I sigh not, Julia, for thy sake, |
| The next ensuing hour some foul mischance |
| Torment me for my love's forgetfulness! |
| My father stays my coming; answer not; |
| The tide is now: nay, not thy tide of tears: |
| That tide will stay me longer than I should. |
| Julia, farewell! |
| [Exit JULIA.] |
| What, gone without a word? |
| Ay, so true love should do: it cannot speak; |
| For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it. |
| [Enter PANTHINO.] |
| PANTHINO: |
| Sir Proteus, you are stay'd for. |
| PROTEUS: |
| Go; I come, I come. |
| Alas! this parting strikes poor lovers dumb. |
| [Exeunt.] |
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