People
Good Signior Leonato, you are come to meet your trouble: the fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.
— Don Pedro
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
A courtly greeting laced with gentle irony, noting that most people avoid trouble and expense while this host has gone out of his way to invite both. It compliments generosity by framing it as a rare departure from ordinary self-interest.
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