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Old Lady: speaks with Bosola about her makeup and the Duchess’s pregnancy
Forobosco: the keeper of the key to the park gate
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Ferdinand’s court continues to set the scene as Bosola and Castruchio briefly talk about the qualifications to be a courtier just prior to the Old Lady entering. Bosola comments on her foul makeup before giving his meditation on the deformed nature of man. He goes on to reveal his suspicion of the Duchess’s pregnancy in a brief monologue before Antonio and Delio arrive. Bosola...
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