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I fear you will not think so, Madam; for I command you to marry me to-morrow morning, before eleven of the clock.

O, shocking haste and precipitation! Not even a few months allowed to prepare my wedding-clothes!

Not one hour beyond what I have said.

How peremptory you are!

The best quality, my dear aunt, that your husband can have to match with your indecision.

What! are you against me, child? It is not for your interest.

It is for my interest if it be for yours; and let me put this hand, which has always been kind to me, into a stronger hand, that will bear the rule over it in kindness. (Putting the hand of into that of, who receives it with gallant respect.)