Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
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VIOLA.
What is his name? CAPTAIN. Orsino. VIOLA. Orsino! I have heard my father name him; He was a bachelor then. CAPTAIN. And so is now, or was so very late; For but a month ago I went from hence, And then 'twas fresh in murmur--as, you know, What great ones do the less will prattle of-- That he did seek the love of fair Olivia. VIOLA. What's she? CAPTAIN. A virtuous maid, the daughter of a count That died some twelvemonth since, then leaving her In the protection of his son, her brother, Who shortly also died; for whose dear love, They say, she hath abjur'd the company And sight of men. VIOLA. O that I serv'd that lady, |
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