Drama  |  William Shakespeare  |  Love's Labours Lost  |  Scene 2.

Love's Labours Lost — Scene 2. (Part 10 of 34)

BIRON

Therefore meet.
They converse apart

DUMAIN

Will you vouchsafe with me to change a word?

MARIA

Name it.

DUMAIN

Fair lady, –

MARIA

Say you so? Fair lord, –
Take that for your fair lady.

DUMAIN

Please it you,
As much in private, and I'll bid adieu.

They converse apart

KATHARINE

What, was your vizard made without a tongue?

LONGAVILLE

I know the reason, lady, why you ask.

KATHARINE

O for your reason! quickly, sir; I long.

LONGAVILLE

You have a double tongue within your mask,
And would afford my speechless vizard half.

KATHARINE

Veal, quoth the Dutchman. Is not 'veal' a calf?

LONGAVILLE

A calf, fair lady!

KATHARINE

No, a fair lord calf.