Two Gentlemen of Verona

Act 2, Scene 2

SCENE II. Verona. JULIA'S house.

    Enter PROTEUS and JULIA

PROTEUS

    Have patience, gentle Julia.

JULIA

    I must, where is no remedy.

PROTEUS

    When possibly I can, I will return.

JULIA

    If you turn not, you will return the sooner.
    Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake.

    Giving a ring

PROTEUS

    Why then, we'll make exchange; here, take you this.

JULIA

    And seal the bargain with a holy kiss.

PROTEUS

    Here is my hand for my true constancy;
    And when that hour o'erslips me in the day
    Wherein I sigh not, Julia, for thy sake,
    The next ensuing hour some foul mischance
    Torment me for my love's forgetfulness!
    My father stays my coming; answer not;
    The tide is now: nay, not thy tide of tears;
    That tide will stay me longer than I should.
    Julia, farewell!

    Exit JULIA
    What, gone without a word?
    Ay, so true love should do: it cannot speak;
    For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it.

    Enter PANTHINO

PANTHINO

    Sir Proteus, you are stay'd for.

PROTEUS

    Go; I come, I come.
    Alas! this parting strikes poor lovers dumb.

    Exeunt