The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Act 5, Scene 1

    comedy

    Milan. An abbey.

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    Silvia meets Eglamour at the abbey in Milan before dawn and they set off for the forest. Silvia fears they are being watched. Eglamour reassures her that the forest is only a few miles off, and once they reach it they will be safe enough. They leave together. The scene is brief — barely a transition — but it starts the movement that drives the rest of the play.

    Enter EGLAMOUR
    EGLAMOUR
    The sun begins to gild the western sky;
    And now it is about the very hour
    That Silvia, at Friar Patrick's cell, should meet me.
    She will not fail, for lovers break not hours,
    Unless it be to come before their time;
    So much they spur their expedition.
    See where she comes.
    Enter SILVIA
    Lady, a happy evening!
    SILVIA
    Amen, amen! Go on, good Eglamour,
    Out at the postern by the abbey-wall:
    I fear I am attended by some spies.
    EGLAMOUR
    Fear not: the forest is not three leagues off;
    If we recover that, we are sure enough.
    Exeunt