NORTH.
Then follows Scene II. of Act III.—a very short one—let me read it aloud.
"A Room in the Castle.
Enter Othello, Iago, and Gentlemen.
Othello. These letters give, Iago, to the pilot;
And, by him, do my duties to the State;
That done, I will be walking on the works;
Repair there to me.
Iago. Well, my good Lord, I'll do't.
Othello. This fortification, gentlemen,—shall we see't?
Gent. We'll wait upon your lordship. [Exeunt."
That this Scene is on the same day as Scene Second—and with little intermission of time—is too plain to require proof. Othello here sends off his first dispatches to Venice by the pilot who had brought him safely to Cyprus, and then goes out to inspect the fortification. That is in the natural course of things—such a scene at any subsequent time would be altogether without meaning.