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264 Sir Andrew. That's me, I warrant you. Malvolio. One Sir Andrew— Sir Andrew. I knew, 'twas I; for many do call me fool Malvolio. What employment have we here? [Taking up the letter."

The letter and his comments on it are equally good. If poor Malvolio's treatment afterwards is a little hard, poetical justice is done in the uneasiness which Olivia suffers on account of her mistaken attachment to Cesario, as her insensibility to the violence of the Duke's passion is atoned for by the discovery of Viola's concealed love of him.