Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 2, scene 1.PORTIA. If this were true, then should I know this secret. I grant I am a woman, but withal A woman that Lord Brutus took to wife.300 I grant I am a woman, but withal A woman well reputed, Cato’s daughter.Think you I am no stronger than my sex, Being so fathered and so husbanded? Tell me your counsels; I will not disclose 'em.305 I have made strong proof of my constancy, Giving myself a voluntary woundHere in the thigh. Can I bear that with patience, And not my husband’s secrets?BRUTUS. O ye gods,310 Render me worthy of this noble wife![Knocking within]Hark, hark, one knocks. Portia, go in a while, And by and by thy bosom shall partake The secrets of my heart.315 All my engagements I will construe to thee, All the charactery of my sad brows. Leave me with haste.
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"If this were true, then should I know this secret. / I grant I am a woman, but withal / A woman that Lord Brutus took to wife."B
"I have made strong proof of my constancy, / Giving myself a voluntary wound / Here in the thigh. Can I bear that with patience, / And not my husband’s secrets?"C
"Hark, hark, one knocks. Portia, go in a while,”D
"And by and by thy bosom shall partake / The secrets of my heart."