Page 1949 - Shakespeare - Vol. 2

CELIA

I’ faith, coz, ’tis he.

ROSALIND
Orlando? [210]

CELIA
Orlando.

ROSALIND
Alas the day, what shall I do with my doublet and hose? What did he when
thou saw’st him? What said he? How looked he? Wherein went he? What

makes he here? Did he ask for me? Where remains he? [215] How parted he
with thee? And when shalt thou see him again? Answer me in one word.

CELIA
You must borrow me Gargantua’s mouth first. ’Tis a word too great for any
mouth of this age’s size. To say ay and no to these particulars is more than to
answer in a [220] catechism.

ROSALIND

But doth he know that I am in this forest, and in man’s apparel? Looks he as
freshly as he did the day he wrestled?

CELIA
It is as easy to count atomies as to resolve the propositions [225] of a lover.
But take a taste of my finding him, and relish it with good observance. I

found him under a tree like a dropped acorn.

ROSALIND

It may well be called Jove’s tree, when it drops such fruit. [230]

CELIA
Give me audience, good madam.

ROSALIND
Proceed.