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Bianca for my patrimony .
PEDANT . Soft , son ! Sir , by your leave : having come to Padua To gather in some debts , my son Lucentio Made me acquainted with a weighty cause Of love between your daughter and himself : And , --for the good report I hear of you , And for the love he beareth to your daughter , And she to him , --to stay him not too long , I am content , in a good father ' s care , To have him match ' d ; and , if you please to like No worse than I , upon some agreement Me shall you find ready and willing With one consent to have her so bestow ' d ; For curious I cannot be with you , Signior Baptista , of whom I hear so well .
BAPTISTA . Sir , pardon me in what I have to say . Your plainness and your shortness please me well . Right true it is your son Lucentio here Doth love my daughter , and she loveth him , Or both dissemble deeply their affections ; And therefore , if you say no more than this , That like a father you will deal with him , And pass my daughter a sufficient dower , The match is made , and all is done : Your son shall have my daughter with consent .
TRANIO . I thank you , sir . Where then do you know best We be affied , and such assurance ta ' en As shall with either part ' s agreement stand ?
BAPTISTA . Not in my house , Lucentio , for you know Pitchers have ears , and I have many servants ; Besides , old Gremio is hearkening still , And happily we might be interrupted .
TRANIO . Then at my lodging , an it like you : There doth my father lie ; and there this night We ' ll pass the business privately and well . Send for your daughter by your servant here ; My boy shall fetch the scrivener presently . The worst is this , that at so slender warning You are like to have a thin and slender pittance .
BAPTISTA . It likes me well . Cambio , hie you home , And bid Bianca make her ready straight ; And , if you will , tell what hath happened : Lucentio ' s father is arriv ' d in Padua , And how she ' s like to be Lucentio ' s wife .