Emblems Of Love by Lascelles Abercrombie
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She is so stubborn with that veil of hers.
_Guard_ 2. We minded my lord's word, that he be shewn All the seized women which are strangely fair. _Holofernes_. Take off thy veil. _Judith_. I will not. _Holofernes_. Take thy veil From off thy face, Jewess, or thou straight goest To entertain my soldiers. _Judith_. I will not. _Holofernes_. Am I to tear it, then? _Judith_. My lord, thou durst not. _Holofernes_. Ha, there is spirit here. I have the whim, Jewess, almost to believe thee: I dare not! |
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