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Volpone; or, The Fox · 1606

Act III, Scene 5

by Ben Jonson 1572-1637


A CLOSET OPENING INTO A GALLERY.

ENTER MOSCA AND BONARIO.

MOS: Sir, your father hath sent word,
It will be half an hour ere he come;
And therefore, if you please to walk the while
Into that gallery--at the upper end,
There are some books to entertain the time:
And I'll take care no man shall come unto you, sir.

BON: Yes, I will stay there.
[ASIDE.]--I do doubt this fellow.

[EXIT.]

MOS [LOOKING AFTER HIM.]: There; he is far enough;
he can hear nothing:
And, for his father, I can keep him off.

[EXIT.]

MLA

Jonson, Ben. Volpone; or, The Fox, Act III, Scene 5. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/volpone-jonson/11/.

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Jonson, Ben. Volpone; or, The Fox, Act III, Scene 5. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/volpone-jonson/11/.

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