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Twelfth Night (Modern)
6102.1
Will you stay no longer? Nor will you not that 613I go with you?
By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly 615over me. The malignancy of my fate might perhaps 616distemper yours; therefore I shall crave of you your leave 617that I may bear my evils alone. It were a bad 618recompense for your love to lay any of them on you.
Let me yet know of you whither you are bound.
No, sooth, sir. My determinate voyage is mere 621extravagancy. But I perceive in you so excellent a touch 622of modesty that you will not extort from me what I am 623willing to keep in; therefore it charges me in manners 624the rather to express myself. You must know of me 625then, Antonio, my name is Sebastian (which I called 626Roderigo). My father was that Sebastian of Messaline whom I 627know you have heard of. He left behind him myself 628and a sister, both born in an hour. If the heavens had 629been pleased, would we had so ended! But you, sir, 630altered that, for some hour before you took me from the 631breach of the sea was my sister drowned.
Alas the day!
A lady, sir, though it was said she much 634resembled me, was yet of many accounted beautiful. But though 635I could not with such estimable wonder overfar 636believe that, yet thus far I will boldly publish her: she 637bore a mind that envy could not but call fair.[Weeping] She is 638drowned already, sir, with salt water, though I seem to 639drown her remembrance again with more.
Pardon me, sir, your bad entertainment.
O good Antonio, forgive me your trouble.
If you will not murder me for my love, let me 643be your servant.
If you will not undo what you have done--that is, 645kill him whom you have recovered--desire it not. Fare 646ye well at once; my bosom is full of kindness, and I 647am yet so near the manners of my mother that upon the 648least occasion more mine eyes will tell tales of me. I am 649bound to the Count Orsino's court; farewell.
2.1.10.1 Exit.
The gentleness of all the gods go with thee!
2.1.15.1Exit [following Sebastian].