THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET - 24 - LAST PART

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SCENE III. A churchyard; in it a Monument belonging to the Capulets.Enter Paris, and his Page bearing flowers and a torch. PARIS.Give me thy torch, boy. Hence and stand aloof.Yet put it out, for I would not be seen.Under yond yew tree lay thee all along,Holding thy ear close to the hollow ground;So shall no foot upon the churchyard tread,Being loose, unfirm, with digging up of graves,But thou shalt hear it. Whistle then to me,As signal that thou hear’st something approach.Give me those flowers. Do as I bid thee, go. PAGE.[Aside.] I am almost afraid to stand aloneHere in the