´´since his majesty went in to the field, I have seen her rise from her bed, throw her nightgown upon her, unlock her closet, take forth paper, fold it, write upon´t, read it, afterwards seal it, and again return to bed: yet all this while in most fast asleep´´
the gentlewoman is explaining to the doctor that Lady Macbeth has been sleepwalking ever since Macbeth has left for war.
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Enter Lady Macbeth with a taper
Lo, you, here she comes. this is her very guise: and, upon my life, fast asleep . Observe her, stand close.
How came she by that light?
lady Macbeth enters the room while holding a candle while the doctor and gentlewoman watch her in a hidden place
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Doctor Gentlewomen Lady Macbeth
she often does that. She looks like she´s washing her hands. I´ve seen her do that before for as long as fifteen minutes.
what´s she doing now? Look how she rubs her hands.
the doctor and gentlewomen watch as Lady Macbeth tries to clean off the blood from her hands
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Doctor Gentlewoman Lady macbeth
Wash your hands. Put on your nightgown Don´t look so frightened. I tell you again, Banquo is buried. He cannot come out out of his grave.
This disease is beyond my practice. Yet I have known those which have walked in their sleep who have died holily in their beds.
Lady macbeth is talking while shes sleeping walking while the doctor and Gentlewomen watch her movements
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Doctor Gentlewoman
yes, right away.
will she go to bed now?
the doctor and Gentleman leave Lady Macbeth and start talking outside her room
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Doctor Gentlewoman
Look after her. Remove anything she might hurt herself with. Watch her constantly. And now, good-night. She has bewildered my mind and amazed my eyes. I have an opinion , but I don´t dare to say it out loud.
Evil rumors are going around. Unnatural acts will cause supernatural things to happen. People with guilty and deranged minds will confess their secrets to their pillows as they sleep.
the gentlewoman is explaining to the doctor that Lady Macbeth will go to bed now