Act 2, Scene 6

                                        

                                              
SCENE VI. Neville's Flower Shop.
                              
Enter NEVILLE and Harry
                              
NEVILLE
                              
So Merlin smiles upon this crazy idea,
                              
That after-hours with sorrow chide us not!
                              
HARRY
                              
Come now, Neville, what sorrow can,
                              
It cannot countervail the exchange of joy
                              
That one short minute gives me in his sight:
                              
Do thou but to bring us together once again,
                              
Then love-devouring death do what he dare;
                              
It is enough I may but call him mine.
                              
All suitors beware, I shall spare none.
                              
NEVILLE
                              
These violent delights have violent ends.
                              
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
                              
Which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey
                              
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
                              
And in the taste confounds the appetite:
                              
Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;
                              
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
                              


                              
Enter DRACO
                              


                              
Here comes your lad: O, so light a foot
                              
Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint:
                              
A lover with gossamer hair
                              
That idles in the wanton summer air,
                              
And yet not fall; so light is his vanity.
                              
DRACO
                              
Good even to you shop-owner.
                              
NEVILLE
                              
Harry shall thank thee, sir, for us both.
                              
DRACO
                              
As much to him, else is his thanks too much.
                              
HARRY
                              
Ah, Draco, if the measure of thy joy
                              
Be heap'd like mine, we shall set the stars ablaze.
                              
With the unimagined happiness I feel
                              
Received by thee in this dear encounter.
                              
DRACO
                              
Conceited am I, richer in love than in gold,
                              
Then ever I was before, my dear Harry
                              
My true love is grown to such excess
                              
I cannot give count to my happiness.
                              
NEVILLE
                              
Don't count your chicks before they hatch'd
                              
Come, decide... what is your path?
                              
For 'tis only a matter of time ere you're discover'd
                              
In secret this secret cannot lie,
                              
But your choice to flee or make it known.
                              
Which path do 'ere you choose? For there
                              
Are doomed consequences whatever you choose.
                              
HARRY
                              
Ah, Draco, my love. I am at your desire.
                              
Decide what path we 'ere go
                              
And I will not hesitate to walk it so
                              
DRACO
                              
Harry. It may be easier to begin life anew.
                              
To flee England and all this ballyhoo,
                              
But I must break with my family first,
                              
Or the bullets will start to fly.
                              
HARRY
                              
Tis right you 're. Bid our families adieu.
                              
But are you sure, my love?
                              
DRACO
                              
Done am I with this talk of war.
                              
The threat of violence, perseverance of hate.
                              
I declare to all that I love thee, wizard,
                              
I care not where my parents stand.
                              
HARRY
                              
My love, you make me whole.
                              
DRACO
                              
Whole enough to become one?
                              
I test thy conviction, my Romeo.
                              
Will stand you at a muggle alter with me
                              
And swear you will be mine alone?
                              
HARRY
                              
Oh, Draco, name the time and place,
                              
Or else say now! I crave nothing else!
                              
DRACO
                              
Give me a day... and time to bribe a man.
                              
Is there any such covenant you desire?
                              
HARRY
                              
A muggle shrine will content all my dreams,
                              
I only desire to bind me to your name.
                              
I will forsake my father's name.
                              
DRACO
                              
Nye, my love. We kept our names,
                              
What was one is two, joined by words,
                              
And soon I hope in deeds as well.
                              
HARRY
                              
Ay my love. That I look forward to.
                              
When will you call for me?
                              
DRACO
                              
By the workmen's hour. I know a priest.
                              
Ere I pry him with words and wine,
                              
He may acquiesce. But I want a lawful script.
                              
Go you to the clerk to get the license.
                              
HARRY
                              
As you wish, I am yours to command.
                              
DRACO
                              
If that be the case, kiss me, my hero.
                              
And don't hold back.
                              
NEVILLE
                              
I'll just go outside, by your leave,
                              
You shall stay here alone,
                              
You two will be one, soon enough.
                              


                              
Exeunt