Scene IV. A street.[567]
Enter Benvolio and Mercutio.
Mer. Where the devil should this Romeo be? Came[568][569]
he not home to-night?[569]
Ben. Not to his father's; I spoke with his man.[569]
Mer. Ah, that same pale hard-hearted wench, that Rosaline,[570][571]
Torments him so that he will sure run mad.[571] 5
Ben. Tybalt, the kinsman to old Capulet,[572][573]
Hath sent a letter to his father's house.[572]
Mer. A challenge, on my life.
Ben. Romeo will answer it.
Mer. Any man that can write may answer a letter. 10
Ben. Nay, he will answer the letter's master, how he
dares, being dared.