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SCENE XIX.
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SCENE XIX.

PERIPLECTOMENES
alone.
So,—he is gone then.—Well—the proof, they say,
Is in the eating.—That he should be wrought on,

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To think he has not seen what he has seen!
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.

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