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Against my will, I am sent to bid you come into dinner.
— Beatrice
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker announces, with open reluctance, that they have been sent to call someone in to dinner. The message is a simple summons, but the opening words make clear that the messenger would rather not be doing it, giving a routine invitation a grudging, slightly prickly tone.
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