ADRIANA I will discharge thee ere I go from thee:
Bear me forthwith unto his creditor,
And, knowing how the debt grows, I will pay it.
Good master doctor, see him safe convey'd
Home to my house. O most unhappy day!
ANTIPHOLUS
OF EPHESUS O most unhappy strumpet!
DROMIO OF EPHESUS Master, I am here entered in bond for you.
ANTIPHOLUS
OF EPHESUS Out on thee, villain! wherefore dost thou mad me?
DROMIO OF EPHESUS Will you be bound for nothing? be mad, good master:
cry 'The devil!'
LUCIANA God help, poor souls, how idly do they talk!
ADRIANA Go bear him hence. Sister, go you with me.
[Exeunt all but Adriana, Luciana, Officer and
Courtezan]
Say now, whose suit is he arrested at?
Officer One Angelo, a goldsmith: do you know him?
ADRIANA I know the man. What is the sum he owes?
Officer Two hundred ducats.
ADRIANA Say, how grows it due?
Officer Due for a chain your husband had of him.
ADRIANA He did bespeak a chain for me, but had it not.
Courtezan When as your husband all in rage to-day
Came to my house and took away my ring--
The ring I saw upon his finger now--
Straight after did I meet him with a chain.
ADRIANA It may be so, but I did never see it.
Come, gaoler, bring me where the goldsmith is:
I long to know the truth hereof at large.
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