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I know he'll favour Maurice most when absent.
(To Maurice.) Dost thou not comprehend me?

MAURICE.

Not very clearly: jealousy of one

Whose love is fix'd on an acknowledged mistress,
So fair, so lovely, were absurd—impossible.

GUZMAN.

Nay, only say absurd; for there be husbands,

Ay, lovers too, who, should you cross their way,
New-mated with the Queen of Love herself,
And their own dame or mistress were in form
Black as an Ethiope, would ne'ertheless
Suspect you of designs against their peace.
Then wonder not, Zorada being fair,
If fanciful conceits disturb his brain.

MAURICE.

But I'll be circumspect.

GUZMAN.

Go, foolish boy!

Thy very shadow on the wall will show
Some indication of sinister wishes,
School thou the substance as thou wilt. Go, go!
And be assured I'll prove thy friend when absent.

MAURICE (to Beatrice).

And must we part?

BEATRICE.

We shall not part for long.