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He is a soldier, and for one to say a soldier lies, is stabbing. [5]

DESDEMONA
Go to, where lodges he?

CLOWN
To tell you where he lodges, is to tell you where I lie.

DESDEMONA
Can any thing be made of this?

CLOWN
I know not where he lodges, and for me to devise a lodging, and say he lies
here, or he lies there, [10] were to lie in mine own throat.

DESDEMONA
Can you inquire him out, and be edified by report?

CLOWN
I will catechize the world for him, that is, make questions and by them
answer.

DESDEMONA
Seek him, bid him come hither, tell him I [15] have moved my lord in his
behalf, and hope all will be well.

CLOWN
To do this is within the compass of a man, and therefore I’ll attempt the

doing of it.
Exit.

DESDEMONA
Where should I lose that handkerchief, Emilia?

EMILIA
I know not, madam. [20]