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LADY MACBETH:
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I pray you, speak not; he grows worse and
worse;
Question enrages him. At once, good night:
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.(145)
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LADY MACBETH:
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I beg you, don’t speak. He grows worse and worse;
Questions enrage him. Now, good-night.
Don’t worry about leaving by rank.
Only go at once.
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LENNOX:
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Good night, and better health
Attend his Majesty!
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LENNOX:
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Good-night; and better health
Attend his majesty!
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LADY MACBETH:
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A kind good night to all!
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LADY MACBETH:
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A kind good-night to all!
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MACBETH:
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It will have blood: they say blood will have blood.
Stones have been known to move and trees to speak;(150)
Augures and understood relations have
By maggot pies and choughs and rooks brought forth
The secret'st man of blood. What is the night?
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MACBETH:
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It will have blood. They say blood will have blood.
Stones have been known to move, and trees to speak.
Predictions and relationships understood, have brought forth
Even the most perfect murder,
By magpies and crows and black birds. What time is it?
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LADY MACBETH:
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Almost at odds with morning, which is
which.(155)
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LADY MACBETH:
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Almost the middle of the night.
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MACBETH:
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How say'st thou, that Macduff denies his person
At our great bidding?
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MACBETH:
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What do you think about Macduff’s refusing to be
At our great bidding?
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LADY MACBETH:
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Did you send to him, sir?
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LADY MACBETH:
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Did you invite him, sir?
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MACBETH:
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I hear it by the way, but I will send.
There's not a one of them but in his house(160)
I keep a servant fee'd. I will tomorrow,
And betimes I will, to the weird sisters.
More shall they speak; for now I am bent to know,
By the worst means, the worst. For mine own good
All causes shall give way. I am in blood(165)
Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'er.
Strange things I have in head that will to hand,
Which must be acted ere they may be scann'd.
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MACBETH:
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I was told so, But I will send.
There's not one of them, except for his house
I don’t keep a bribed servant. I will go tomorrow,
(And I will go early in the morning) to the weird sisters.
They shall speak more, for now I am determined to know
The worst by the worst means. For my own good,
All other problems will have to wait. I am now so far
Stepped in blood that, if I don’t wade in it any more,
It doesn’t matter if I am getting out of it or going over it.
I have strange things in my head that need to be figured out,
Which must be done quickly before others look at them closely.
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LADY MACBETH:
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You lack the season of all natures, sleep.(170)
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LADY MACBETH:
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You need to sleep.
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MACBETH:
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Come, we'll to sleep. My strange and self-abuse
Is the initiate fear that wants hard use.
We are yet but young in deed.
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MACBETH:
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Come, we'll get some sleep. My unexplainable violation of
Who and what I am is only the fear of someone new to these things.
We are still only youngsters in what we’re doing.
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