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Husband, let’s follow to see the end of this ado.
PET RUCHIO
First kiss me, Kate, and we will.
KAT HERINA
What, in the midst of the street?
PET RUCHIO
What, art thou ashamed of me?
KAT HERINA
No, sir, God forbid; but ashamed to kiss. [135]
PET RUCHIO
Why, then, let’s home again. Come, sirrah, let’s away.
KAT HERINA
Nay, I will give thee a kiss. Now pray thee, love, stay.
PET RUCHIO
Is not this well? Come, my sweet Kate.
Better once than never, for never too late.
Exeunt.
Scene II IT
Enter Baptista, Vincentio, Gremio, the Pedant, Lucentio and Bianca,
[Petruchio and Katherina, Hortensio] and the Widow; the Servingmen, with
Tranio, Biondello, Grumio, bringing in a banquet.
LUCENT IO
At last, though long, our jarring notes agree,
And time it is, when raging war is done,
To smile at scapes and perils overblown.
My fair Bianca, bid my father welcome,
While I with self-same kindness welcome thine. [5]
Brother Petruchio, sister Katherina,
And thou, Hortensio, with thy loving widow,
