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the feast . Lucentio , you shall supply the bridegroom ' s place ; And let Bianca take her sister ' s room .
TRANIO . Shall sweet Bianca practise how to bride it ? BAPTISTA . She shall , Lucentio . Come , gentlemen , let ' s go . [ Exeunt .]
ACT IV . SCENE I . A hall in PETRUCHIO ' S country house . [ Enter GRUMIO .]
GRUMIO . Fie , fie on all tired jades , on all mad masters , and all foul ways ! Was ever man so beaten ? Was ever man so ray ' d ? Was ever man so weary ? I am sent before to make a fire , and they are coming after to warm them . Now , were not I a little pot and soon hot , my very lips might freeze to my teeth , my tongue to the roof of my mouth , my heart in my belly , ere I should come by a fire to thaw me . But I with blowing the fire shall warm myself ; for , considering the weather , a taller man than I will take cold . Holla , ho ! Curtis !
[ Enter CURTIS .] CURTIS . Who is that calls so coldly ?
GRUMIO . A piece of ice : if thou doubt it , thou mayst slide from my shoulder to my heel with no greater a run but my head and my neck . A fire , good Curtis .
CURTIS . Is my master and his wife coming , Grumio ? GRUMIO . O , ay ! Curtis , ay ; and therefore fire , fire ; cast on no water .