see the end. The best is yet to come, and they’re going to perform it right here. LE BEAU: There comes an old man with his three sons— CELIA: It sounds like the beginning of an old folktale. LE BEAU: Three proper young men, all good looking and with great presence— All the three brothers wrestled with Charles, the duke’s wrestler.
They’re now lying over there, and the poor old man, their father, weeps so piteously over them that the whole audience has joined him in grieving. ROSALIND: Oh, dear! TOUCHSTONE: But tell me, monsieur— what sport are the ladies missing? LE BEAU: Why, the one I just told you about.
TOUCHSTONE: Men must be getting wiser every day; that’s the first time I’ve heard that rib-breaking was appropriate entertainment for ladies. LE BEAU: You’re going to have to, if you stay here. This is the place they’re scheduled to wrestle, and they’re ready to go. CELIA: Yes, I see them coming.
Let’s stay and watch. ( Trumpets play. DUKE FREDERICK, lords, ORLANDO, CHARLES, and attendants enter ) DUKE FREDERICK: Come on. Since the youth won’t be reasoned with, he’ll have to suffer for his stubbornness.
ROSALIND: Is that the man? LE BEAU: That’s him, madam. CELIA: Alas, he is too young. Yet he seems capable.
DUKE FREDERICK: What’s up, daughter and niece? Have you snuck over here to watch the wrestling? ROSALIND: Yes, my lord, if you give us permission. DUKE FREDERICK: You won’t enjoy it much, I can tell you, the odds are so against this young man.
Because he’s so young, I’ve tried to discourage him, but he 12th Communicative English Book.indb Page won’t listen. Talk to him, ladies. See if you can persuade him. CELIA: Call him over here, good Monsieur Le Beau.
LE BEAU: Mister Challenger, the princess wants to speak to you. ORLANDO: I’ll wait on them with all respect and duty. ROSALIND: Young man, have you challenged Charles the Wrestler? ORLANDO: No, lovely princess.
He is the general challenger. I have only come in— like the others have—to try to fight