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SCENE XIX.
PERIPLECTOMENESalone.
So,—he is gone then.—Well—the proof, they say,
Is in the eating.—That he should be wrought on,
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For now his eyes, his ears, his very thoughts
Have, as it were, deserted, and come o'er
To us.—So—hitherto we've managed rarely:—
The lady play'd her part most charmingly.—
I'll back unto our senate; for Palæstrio
Is in my house; Sceledrus,—he's away.—
Now we may hold a full and frequent senate:
I'll in then, lest they fine me for my absence.
[Goes in.
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