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The Merry Wives of Windsor - Act 5, scene 2

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Act 5, scene 2

Scene 2

Synopsis:

Slender prepares to elope with Anne Page.

Enter Page, Shallow, and Slender.

PAGE  2613 Come, come. We’ll couch i’ th’ castle ditch till we
2614  see the light of our fairies.—Remember, son Slender,
2615  my—
SLENDER  2616 Ay, forsooth, I have spoke with her, and we
2617 5 have a nayword how to know one another. I come
2618  to her in white and cry “mum,” she cries “budget,”
2619  and by that we know one another.
SHALLOW  2620 That’s good too. But what needs either your
2621  “mum” or her “budget”? The white will decipher
2622 10 her well enough. It hath struck ten o’clock.
PAGE  2623 The night is dark. Light and spirits will become
2624  it well. Heaven prosper our sport! No man means
2625  evil but the devil, and we shall know him by his
2626  horns. Let’s away. Follow me.
They exit.