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210<br />

notes the t "there seens little doubt th; t for e long time<br />

Juliet vns not kissed on the lips"*^, and belen Faucit's<br />

description of the scene, in her second letter on the<br />

character, omits any mention oi lips: Juliet is kissed on<br />

the hand:<br />

The touch is gentle, the uvrds c re fev,; but that<br />

touch of "palm to palm", those few morels, have an<br />

eloquence nore persuasive ti;-n volumes of passionate<br />

phrases. The beseechin0 eyes, the tremulous<br />

voice full ol adoration anci humility - heve not<br />

these spoken? The heart f s deepest me?.nin^s rarely<br />

find utterance in words.-,, 34<br />

The actress's prompt-cooy, from the mid-forties, reflects this<br />

chaste reticence by omission of Romeo f s reference to hio li >s<br />

(93-4) and tue deletion oi everything betveen 103 and 10£:<br />

Romeo hts turely sug^estut the possibility of s kiss -<br />

0, then clear saint, let lips do v/hc t hands col<br />

They >rry: /_,ra..t t; ou, lest faith turn to despair.<br />

- v/hen the Nurse breaks in, and informs Juliet that her mother<br />

uishes to spe; k vith her (Folger Kpn, y - Shattuck 20). irving<br />

and Mary Anderson g; ve the sequeuco without cuts, thou

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