Merchant of Venice

act 5 scene 1

how do the women explain that they were the ones who had the rings?

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Portia and Nerissa claim that they lay with the gentlemen in order to get back the rings. Before either Bassanio or Gratiano can become too upset at being cuckolded, however, Portia reveals that she was the lawyer in Venice, and Nerissa her clerk.

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