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KATHERINA. Of all thy suitors here I charge thee tell Whom thou lov ' st best: see thou dissemble not.
BIANCA. Believe me, sister, of all the men alive I never yet beheld that special face Which I could fancy more than any other.
KATHERINA. Minion, thou liest. Is ' t not Hortensio?
BIANCA. If you affect him, sister, here I swear I ' ll plead for you myself but you shall have him.
KATHERINA. O! then, belike, you fancy riches more: You will have Gremio to keep you fair.
BIANCA. Is it for him you do envy me so? Nay, then you jest; and now I well perceive You have but jested with me all this while: I prithee, sister Kate, untie my hands.
KATHERINA. If that be jest, then an the rest was so. [ Strikes her.] [ Enter BAPTISTA.]
BAPTISTA. Why, how now, dame! Whence grows this insolence? Bianca, stand aside. Poor girl! she weeps. Go ply thy needle; meddle not with her. For shame, thou hilding of a devilish spirit, Why dost thou wrong her that did ne ' er wrong thee? When did she cross thee with a bitter word?
KATHERINA. Her silence flouts me, and I ' ll be reveng ' d. [ Flies after BIANCA.] BAPTISTA. What! in my sight? Bianca, get thee in. [ Exit BIANCA.]