2.1.115-170

//Enter a Servant!//

BAPTISTA Sir, lead these gentlemen To my daughters, and tell them both These are their tutors. Make sure they teach them well. [//Servant exits with Hortensio and Lucentio.//] Come have a walk with me in the orchard, And then we shall have dinner. You are very welcome, And make yourselves at home.

PETRUCHIO Señor Baptista, I am a busy man, And cannot visit your daughter every day. You knew my father well, and he left me All of his possessions in his will, Which I have improved upon. Now, if your daughter loves me, What dowry will I get if we marry?

BAPTISTA After I die, you will have half of my estate, As well as twenty thousand crowns.

PETRUCHIO And for that dowry, I'll assure her of Her rights as a widow, assuming I die before her, As well as all of my possessions. Let us put this down on paper, So that promises may be kept on both sides.

BAPTISTA Yes, you can have all of these things, As long as Katherine loves you too.

PETRUCHIO Why of course. For let me tell you, I am as determined as she is proud; For when two strong forces go against each other, They cancel each other out. My determination shall tame your daughter's wild temper.

BAPTISTA Woo her quickly. Good luck, you'll need it.

PETRUCHIO Don't worry, I am well prepared.

//Enter Hortensio [as Litio] with a lute smashed over his head.//

BAPTISTA Hello there, why do you look so pale?

HORTENSIO Because I am terrified.

BAPTISTA What, is my daughter a musical prodigy?

HORTENSIO More like a demolition man! She is more likely to break lutes than play them.

BAPTISTA Why can't you teach her to play?

HORTENSIO Because she smashed a lute on my head. I was merely trying to teach her about frets, When in a devilish manner, She yelled: "Frets?! To hell with them!" And with that she struck me on the head with the lute. I stood stunned, While she called me names like "horrible old fiddler".

PETRUCHIO What a lively woman. I love her so much more now. Oh, how I want to talk to her!

DARREN AND DAVID