ACT 2
Scene 1

...cut shorter.
Enter Edmund, the Bastard and Curan, severally.

...Save thee, Curan.
And you, sir. I have been with your father and
given him notice that the Duke of Cornwall and
Regan his duchess will be here with him this night.

...How comes that?
Nay, I know not. You have heard of the news
abroad?—I mean the whispered ones, for they are
yet but ear-kissing arguments.

...what are they?
Have you heard of no likely wars toward ’twixt
the dukes of Cornwall and Albany?

...Not a word.
You may do, then, in time. Fare you well, sir.
He exits.