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The Duchess has just been warned by her brothers, Ferdinand and the Cardinal, not to marry again. They have insisted that she must remain a widow for the rest of her life. However, the Duchess has her own ideas and ignores their warning. She has fallen in love with her steward, Antonio, and reverses the traditional male/female roles in courtship. She woos him, encouraging him to forget her higher social status. By the end of the scene, she has proposed and they are married with her maid as
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DUCHESS I sent for you: sit down;
Take pen and ink, and write: are you ready?
ANTONIO. Yes.
DUCHESS. What did I say?
ANTONIO. That I should write somewhat.
DUCHESS. O, I remember.
After these triumphs and this large expense
It 's fit, like thrifty husbands, we
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