no ROMEO AND JULIET [Act Five

Fri. L. Who bare my letter, then, to Romeo?

Fri. J. I could not send it, — here it is again, —
Nor get a messenger to bring it thee.
So fearful were they of infection.
Fri. L. Unhappy fortune! by my brotherhoodi
The letter was not nice but full of charge
Of dear import, and the neglecting it
May do much danger. Friar John, go hence; «

Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight
Unto my cell.
Fri. J. Brother, I '11 go and bring it thee. {ExU.
Fri. L. Now must I to the monument alone;
Within this three hours will fair Juliet wake:
She will beshrew me much that Romeo
Hath had no notice of these accidents;
But I will write again to Mantua,
And keep her at my cell till Romeo come;
Poor living corse, closed in a dead man's tomb!

[Exit,

Scene III — A Churchward; in it a tomb belonging lo the
CapuleU

Enter Paris, and his Page, bearing fiowera and a

Par. Give me thy torch, boy; hence, and stand
aloo!:
Yet put it out, for I would not be seen.
Under yond yew-trees lay thee all along.
Holding thine ear close to the hollow ground;
So shall no foot upon the churchyard tread.
Being loose, unfirm, with digging up of graves,



ScEME Thbee] BOMEO and JULIET IH

But thou slialt hear it: whistle then to me.
As sigjial that thou hear'st something approach.
Give me those flowers. Do as I bid thee, go.
Page. [Aside.] I am almost afraid to stand alone lo
Here in the churchyard; yet I will adventure.
[Retires.
