Act 4, Scene 2
CAPULET enters with LADY CAPULET, the NURSE, and two or three SERVINGMEN.
CAPULET
(giving the FIRST SERVINGMAN a piece of paper) Invite all the guests on this list.
The FIRST SERVINGMAN exits.
(to SECOND SERVINGMAN) Boy, go hire twenty skilled cooks.
SECOND SERVINGMAN
You won't get any bad cooks from me. I'll test them by making them lick their fingers.
CAPULET
How can you test them like that?
SECOND SERVINGMAN
Easy, sir. It's a bad cook who can't lick his own fingers. So the cooks who can't lick their fingers aren't hired.
CAPULET
Go, get out of here.
The SECOND SERVINGMAN exits.
What, is my daughter gone to Friar Lawrence?
We're unprepared for this wedding celebration. (to the NURSE) What, has my daughter gone to see Friar Lawrence?
NURSE
Yes, that's true.
CAPULET
Well, there's a chance he may do her some good. She's a stubborn little brat.
JULIET enters
NURSE
Look, she's come home from confession with a happy look on her face.
CAPULET
So, my headstrong daughter, where have you been?
JULIET
I went somewhere where I learned that being disobedient to my father is a sin. Holy Father Lawrence instructed me to fall on my knees and beg your forgiveness. (she kneels down) Forgive me, I beg you. From now on I'll do whatever you say.
CAPULET
Send for the Count. Go tell him about this. I'll make this wedding happen tomorrow morning.
JULIET
I met the young man at Lawrence's cell. I treated him with the proper love, as well as I could, while still being modest.
CAPULET
Well, I'm glad about this. This is good. Stand up.
JULIET stands up.
This is the way it should be. I want to see the count. Yes, alright, go, I say, and bring him here. Now, before God, our whole city owes this friar a great debt.
JULIET
Nurse, will you come with me to my closet and help me pick out the clothes and the jewelry I'll need to wear tomorrow?
LADY CAPULET
No, not until Thursday. There's plenty of time.
CAPULET
Go, Nurse, go with her. We'll have the wedding at the church tomorrow.
JULIET and the NURSE exit.
LADY CAPULET
Our supplies will be short for the party. It's already almost night.
CAPULET
Don't worry, I will set things in motion. And everything will be alright, I promise you, wife. You should go to Juliet and dress her up. I'm not going to bed tonight. Leave me alone. I'll pretend to be the housewife for once.
LADY CAPULET exits.
Hey! What? They're all gone? Well, I will walk by myself to Count Paris to get him ready for tomorrow. My heart is wonderfully happy because this troubled girl has been taken back and now will be married.
CAPULET exits.