back to 5.1 skip to 5.3 The Merry Wives of Windsor Act 5, Scene 2 Enter PAGE, SHALLOW, and SLENDER PageCome, come; we’ll couch i’ the castle-ditch till we see the light of our fairies. Remember, son Slender, my daughter. SlenderAy, forsooth; I have spoke with her and we have a nay-word how to know one another: I come to her in white, and cry “mum;” she cries “budget”; and by that we know one another. ShallowThat’s good too: but what needs either your “mum” or her “budget?” the white will decipher her well enough. It hath struck ten o’clock. Page The night is dark; light and spirits will become it well. Heaven prosper our sport! No man means evil but the devil, and we shall know him by his horns. Let’s away; follow me. Exeunt The Merry Wives of Windsor Act 5, Scene 2