威尼斯商人 The Merchant of Venice — part 7

　　The merchant of Venice — part 7

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　　Now Posha also thought that she was teased Vetanio and her husband. She said to Vetanio, “You promised Nuisa that you would always wear the ring she gave you. That is why you were wrong to give it away. My husband also promised me never to lose the ring I gave him. I am sure he will never give it away.” Vetanio replied, “Bashanio was the first to give his ring to the young judge who asked for it. And then I also gave my ring to the judge’s clerk who wanted it.” Posha pretended to be angry when she heard this. She said, “Both of you have broken your promises. We would like you to take back the rings from them. If not, we will never love you.” Barshanio felt very sorry to hear that. “I wanted to express my thanks to the judge,” said Barshanio, “so I first offered him 3000 decks, but he will not accept the money and he asked for my ring. He was the judge who save Antonio’s life. What else could I have done? This is why I gave it to him.” But Posha still pretended to be angry. Then Antonio turned to Posha and said, “I beg you to forgive him. You have no grudge against your husband. The blame should be placed on me. You know he is the last man to break his promise.” “Don’t take it so seriously.” said Posha to Antonio. Then she took a ring out of her bag and said, “Give him this ring and tell him to keep it more carefully than any other thing.” Antonio handed it to Barshanio. He was very astonished to see the ring which was handed to him. He cried, “This is the same ring that I gave to the wise young judge!” Then Posha told him about what she had done. So Barshanio found that the wise young judge was really Posha, and that Nuisa had disguised herself as the clerk. He realized clearly that his own wife had not only wisdom but courage. What is better still, good news was brought to Antonio. The news came that Antonio’s ships with all his goods had just returned safely to Venice, and Antonio became a rich merchant again.