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Mal. Madam, [yond] young fellow swears he will speak

with you. I told him you were sick; he takes on him to

understand so much, and therefore comes to speak with

you. I told him you were asleep; he seems to have a

foreknowledge of that too, and therefore comes to speak

with you. What is to be said to him, lady? he's fortified

against any denial.

Oli. Tell him he shall not speak with me.

Mal. [Has] been told so; and he says, he'll stand at