[Exit. Maria.
What means his message to me?
I have denied his access o'er and o'er:
Then what means this?
Enter Maria, with a Veil.
Come, throw it o'er my face;
We'll once more hear Orsino's embassy.
Enter Viola.
Vio. The honourable lady of the house, which is she?
Oli. Speak to me, I shall answer for her:—Your will?
Vio. Most radiant, exquisite, and unmatchable beauty,—I pray you, tell me, if this be the lady of the house, for I never saw her: I would be loth to cast away my speech; for, besides that it is excellently well penn'd, I have taken great pains to con it.
Oli. Whence came you, sir?
Vio. I can say little more than I have studied, and that question's out of my part.—Good gentle one, give me modest assurance, if you be the lady of the house.