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Conrad. Sister, you have grown sensible and wise,
Seconding, ere I speak it, what is now,
I hope, resolv'd between us.
Seconding, ere I speak it, what is now,
I hope, resolv'd between us.
Auranthe. Say, what is't?
Conrad. You need not be his sexton too: a man
May carry that with him shall make him die
Elsewhere,—give that to him; pretend the while
You will to-morrow succumb to his wishes,
Be what they may, and send him from the castle
On some fool's errand; let his latest groan
Frighten the wolves!
May carry that with him shall make him die
Elsewhere,—give that to him; pretend the while
You will to-morrow succumb to his wishes,
Be what they may, and send him from the castle
On some fool's errand; let his latest groan
Frighten the wolves!
Auranthe. Alas! he must not die!
Conrad. Would you were both hearsed up in stifling lead!
Detested—
Detested—
Auranthe. Conrad, hold! I would not bear
The little thunder of your fretful tongue,
Tho' I alone were taken in these toils,
And you could free me; but remember, sir,
You live alone in my security
So keep your wits at work, for your own sake,
Not mine, and be more mannerly.
The little thunder of your fretful tongue,
Tho' I alone were taken in these toils,
And you could free me; but remember, sir,
You live alone in my security
So keep your wits at work, for your own sake,
Not mine, and be more mannerly.
Conrad.Thou wasp!
If my domains were emptied of these folk,
And I had thee to starve—
If my domains were emptied of these folk,
And I had thee to starve—
Auranthe.O, marvellous!
But Conrad, now be gone; the host is look'd for;
Cringe to the Emperor, entertain the Lords,
And, do ye mind, above all things, proclaim
My sickness, with a brother's sadden'd eye,
Condoling with Prince Ludolph. In fit time
Return to me.
But Conrad, now be gone; the host is look'd for;
Cringe to the Emperor, entertain the Lords,
And, do ye mind, above all things, proclaim
My sickness, with a brother's sadden'd eye,
Condoling with Prince Ludolph. In fit time
Return to me.
