87. Much Ado About Nothing - I would not marry her though she were endowed with all that Adam had left him before he transgressed
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Claudio believes that the Prince has betrayed him by wooing Hero for himself, but it is all straightened out; the marriage of Claudio and Hero is set. The company then determines to have Benedick and Beatrice fall in love with each other - a seemingly impossible task. There is, however, a hint that the two were lovers in the past: "I gave him use for it, a double heart for his single one. Marry, once before he won it of me with false dice."
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