Act 3, Scene 4
A Room in Capulet's House.
- [Enter Capulet, Lady Capulet, and Paris.]
- Capulet
- 1923 Things have fallen out, sir, so unluckily
- 1924 That we have had no time to move our daughter:
- 1925 Look you, she lov'd her kinsman Tybalt dearly,
- 1926 And so did I; well, we were born to die.
- 1927 'Tis very late; she'll not come down to-night:
- 1928 I promise you, but for your company,
- 1929 I would have been a-bed an hour ago.
- Paris
- 1930 These times of woe afford no tune to woo.—
- 1931 Madam, good night: commend me to your daughter.
- Lady Capulet
- 1932 I will, and know her mind early to-morrow;
- 1933 To-night she's mew'd up to her heaviness.
- Capulet
- 1934 Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender
- 1935 Of my child's love: I think she will be rul'd
- 1936 In all respects by me; nay more, I doubt it not.—
- 1937 Wife, go you to her ere you go to bed;
- 1938 Acquaint her here of my son Paris' love;
- 1939 And bid her, mark you me, on Wednesday next,—
- 1940 But, soft! what day is this?
- Paris
- 1941 Monday, my lord.
- Capulet
- 1942 Monday! ha, ha! Well, Wednesday is too soon,
- 1943 Thursday let it be;—a Thursday, tell her,
- 1944 She shall be married to this noble earl.—
- 1945 Will you be ready? do you like this haste?
- 1946 We'll keep no great ado,—a friend or two;
- 1947 For, hark you, Tybalt being slain so late,
- 1948 It may be thought we held him carelessly,
- 1949 Being our kinsman, if we revel much:
- 1950 Therefore we'll have some half a dozen friends,
- 1951 And there an end. But what say you to Thursday?
- Paris
- 1952 My lord, I would that Thursday were to-morrow.
- Capulet
- 1953 Well, get you gone: o' Thursday be it then.—
- 1954 Go you to Juliet, ere you go to bed,
- 1955 Prepare her, wife, against this wedding-day.—
- 1956 Farewell, my lord.—Light to my chamber, ho!—
- 1957 Afore me, it is so very very late
- 1958 That we may call it early by and by.—
- 1959 Good night.
- [Exeunt.]