"Where is Romeo?" asked Lady Montague. "I'm very glad he wasn't in
this fight."
"Very early this morning,"said Benvolio, "I couldn't sleep. So I
walked out into the woods on the west of the city. There I saw Romeo. He was
alone. I went towards him, but, when he saw me, he went and hid himself among
the trees. I didn't follow him."
Romeo'sfather, Lord Montague, said, "Romeo has been seen on many
mornings, weeping alone. But when the sun comes up, he goes into his room and
he shuts the daylight out. I'm afraid for him."
"Look! Here he comes," said Benvolio."If you sill go home, I'll try to
find our what his trouble is."
He did not have to ask Romeo many questions before he learnt the
truth. Romeo said,"I love the beautiful Rosaline, but she doesn't love me."
Benvolio, his good friend, said everything he could to help Romeo. It
was all useless.
"Forget her. Don't think of her,"he said.
"You can't teach me to forget," was Romeo's answer.
"You should let your eyes look round more freely. Look at other
beautiful women."
"They only show me how much more beautiful Rosaline is than any of
them!"
In a street in Verona, Count Paris was talking to Lord Capulet,
Juliet's father. Paris was one of the prince's family.
"What do you say to my wish to marry Juliet?" Paris asked.
"She's too young," said Capulet. "Let two more summers pass before we
think of her as ready to be married. She is my only child. But you may speak
to her and see if you can sin her love. I'm giving a great feast tonight, as I
have done for many years at this time of year. There will be dancing. All my
friends will be ghere. Come and be one of them. Juliet will be there."
Capulet called a servant and said,"Go everywhere in Verona and find
all the people whose names are written on this piece of paper. Ask them to
come to dinner at my house tonight." Then he walked away with Paris.
The servant thought,"This is going to be quite difficult for me
because I can't read."
Benvolio and Romeo came along the street. They were still talking
about Romeo's unhappiness.
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