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38 Macbeth [Act II Sent forth great largess to your offices : This diamond he greets your wife withal, By the name of most kind hostess ; and shut up In measureless content. Macbeth. Being unprepar'd, Our will became the servant to defect, Which else should free have wrought. Banquo. All's well. I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters : 2 o To you they have show'd some truth. Macbeth. I think not of them : Yet, when we can entreat an hour to serve, We would spend it in some words upon that busi- ness, If you would grant the time. Banquo. At your kind'st leisure. Macbeth. If you shall cleave to my consent, when 'tis, It shall make honour for you. Banquo. So I lose none In seeking to augment it, but still keep My bosom franchis'd and all«giance clear, I shall be counsell'd. Macbeth. Good repose the while ! Banquo. Thanks, sir ; the like to- you ! 30 [Exeunt Banquo and Fleance. 15, 16. This hostess. Explain the dramatic irony here.