Juliet.
Not yet returned! O the old wench! I'll row her:
She promised to be back in half an hour,
And now 'tis nearly twice that time, I vow:
But here she comes, as drunk as David's sow. Enter Nurse, tipsy.
O honey nurse! say, what's the news with you?

Nurse.
Have patience.

Juliet. (Passionately.)
—Answer without more ado.

Nurse.
D'ye think I'll thus be hurried: I'm in trouble:

My old bones ache,—methinks too, I see double.

Juliet.
O you old hag! You're drunk! full well I know it;
Your lisping speech and breath too plainly shew it:
Your paunch with liquor you are always filling.

Nurse.
'Twas Romeo's fault, he bribed me with a shilling.

Juliet.
The more shame for him,—what does Romeo say?

Nurse.
That he will marry thee this very day.
So hie thee off to Church, and there thou'lt find
A brisk young husband, suited to thy mind.

Juliet.
O dear! I feel quite shy.

Nurse.
Come, no dissembling.

Juliet.
In every toe and finger I've a trembling. [Exeunt.

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