SCENE II. Verona. JULIA'S house. Two Gentlemen of Verona  Shakespeare homepage  |  Two Gentlemen of Verona  | Act 2, Scene 2 

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 Enter PROTEUS and JULIA  PROTEUS  Have patience, gentle Julia. 

 JULIA  I must, where is no remedy. 

 PROTEUS  When possibly I can, I will return. 

 JULIA  If you turn not, you will return the sooner. 

 Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake. 



 Giving a ring  PROTEUS  Why then, we'll make exchange; here, take you this. 

 JULIA  And seal the bargain with a holy kiss. 

 PROTEUS  Here is my hand for my true constancy; 

 And when that hour o'erslips me in the day 

 Wherein I sigh not, Julia, for thy sake, 

 The next ensuing hour some foul mischance 

 Torment me for my love's forgetfulness! 

 My father stays my coming; answer not; 

 The tide is now: nay, not thy tide of tears; 

 That tide will stay me longer than I should. 

 Julia, farewell! 



 Exit JULIA  What, gone without a word? 

 Ay, so true love should do: it cannot speak; 

 For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it. 



 Enter PANTHINO  PANTHINO  Sir Proteus, you are stay'd for. 

 PROTEUS  Go; I come, I come. 

 Alas! this parting strikes poor lovers dumb. 



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