Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 

Today’s Totally Random Line(s)

                 

But go we in, I pray thee, Jessica,

And ceremoniously let us prepare

Some welcome for the mistress of the house.

 

-Lorenzo

The Merchant of Venice                Act V, Scene i, Line 37

We’re very near the end of this play. The main characters have not yet arrived back at Belmont, but they will, shortly. Stephano has come ahead to tell Lorenzo and Jessica, who stayed behind in Belmont, that the mistress of the house will be arriving shortly.

This scene began with these two lovers sitting beneath the moon alone, talking like lovers would. But that which they might have gotten around to, they should’ve done when they could, because they ain’t gonna be any of that now. The whole crowd is about to descend on their quiet, moonlit night. Ah well, there will be other moonlit nights, eh?

I was looking for a pic of a moonlit night, but this is actually better. It's a pic of two star-crossed lovers and one of them is named Jessica. The other one is Andy, but we'll call him Lorenzo just for today.