Believe
not thy disdain, but presently
Do
thine own fortunes that obedient right
Which
both thy duty owes and our power claims;
Or
I will throw thee from my care for ever
Into
the staggers and the careless lapse
Of
youth and ignorance; both my revenge and hate
Loosing
upon thee, in the name of justice,
Without
all terms of pity. Speak; thine answer.
-King
All’s Well That Ends Well Act
II, scene iii Line 168
Yes, I went a little long here on the line. It just seems
that some days we need to go with quite a few lines to get any kind of
continuity. Sorry about that.
Okay, here’s what’s going on here. Helena found a cure for
the king and her reward is that she gets to pick any guy in the kingdom to be her
husband. She picks Bertram, who’s a lord and he wants nothing to do with here
because she’s a commoner. And the king’s response to that is what he says to
Bertram in today’s Totally Random line: Bertram had better take Helena ‘or
else!’ And what is Betram’s answer? The little weasel puts his tail between his
legs and says that Helena is just fine for him. So that didn’t take much, did
it? One quick threat and he caves. Would that all issues could be resolved with
a simple threat.
‘You heard me, do thine own fortunes that obedient right
which both thy duty owes and our power claims and practice your piano! Now!’
Oh yeah, that’ll work. Sure. Keep dreaming.
And by the way, here’s that disdain word again. Well at
least now we know exactly what it means.
That's a nice piano, isn't it? See anyone practicing on it? No, me neither.
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