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select the correct text in the passage. which set of lines from act ii, scene ii, of shakespeares twelfth night reveals that olivia returned the ring because she wanted cesario to visit her again? viola: i left no ring with her; what means this lady? fortune forbid my outside have not charmd her! she made good view of me; indeed, so much, that methought her eyes had lost her tongue, for she did speak in starts distractedly. she loves me, sure: the cunning of her passion invites me in this churlish messenger. none of my lords ring! why, he sent her none. i am the man; - if it be so, - as tis, - poor lady, she were better love a dream. disguise, i see thou art a wickedness wherein the pregnant enemy does much. how easy is it for the proper - false in womens waxen hearts to set their forms! alas, our frailty is the cause, not we; for such as we are made of, such we be. how will this fadge? my master loves her dearly, and i, poor monster, fond as much on him; and she, mistaken, seems to dote on me.
In the given passage from Twelfth Night, Viola's musings about Olivia's actions reveal that Olivia returning the ring is a ploy to get Cesario (Viola in disguise) to come back. The lines "She loves me, sure: the cunning of her passion / Invites me in this churlish messenger" suggest that Olivia is using the ring - return as a way to draw Cesario back to her.
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She loves me, sure: the cunning of her passion / Invites me in this churlish messenger.