2790TLN 2790: Enter Emilia.

There is disagreement among the early printed texts about the placement of Emilia's re-entry in this scene. Q1 calls for her to enter after saved at TLN 2784, though there is nothing specific in the dialogue to prompt her return at this moment. F1 places her entry much later, after mistress at TLN 2789, while Q2 marks her entrance after Venice at TLN 2788. Neill argues convincingly that Emilia must return in time to overhear Othello call his wife a whore at TLN 2788 since she recalls this later in the scene in conversation with Iago (see TLN 2821, 2827), and she must certainly be within hearing when Othello calls out to her at TLN 2789 and within reach when he hands her payments at TLN 2793.