(BEATRICE gasps softly. BENEDICK, hidden, leans forward.)
Use it for my love some other way than swearing by it. Kill Claudio.
Can the world buy such a jewel?
(to LEONATO, but loud enough for BEATRICE) And I pray you now, is Signiorina Beatrice still so unkind to gentlemen? Is it not strange that she’ll none of them?
No.
Give me your patience. There, Leonato, take her back again. Give not this rotten orange to your friend. She is but the sign and semblance of her honour. Behold how like a maid she blushes here! But know you what she is? A modest young lady? No. She knows the heat of a luxurious bed.
(BENEDICK exits, shaking his head. DON PEDRO approaches CLAUDIO.) Much Ado About Nothing -2011- Wyndham-s Theatre...
(Enter DON PEDRO, CLAUDIO, BENEDICK, and soldiers. BENEDICK spots BEATRICE immediately. She does not look up.)
This can be no trick. They were very grave in their telling. They have the truth of it. I did never think that lady would have loved me. But now I see her sighs, her glances, her silent prayers. They say the lady is fair but a virtuous – so I cannot reprove it. I will be horribly in love with her. (He pauses) I will go get her picture. (BEATRICE gasps softly
(to BENEDICK, quietly) Benedick, didst thou note the daughter of Signior Leonato?
(BENEDICK hides. DON PEDRO pretends not to see him.) Can the world buy such a jewel