The Disguise

The second wedding meeting took place today, and my feeling of guilt is freed from my soul. I apologized to Claudio, as he did to me. I feel so relieved to not have to fight Claudio, my best friend, for I love him. As I already knew, Claudio does not know that he was set to marry Leonato’s “niece”, who is actually Hero. Claudio swears that he will marry the mysterious bridesmaid, and Hero unmasks, revealing that she did not die. Claudio wept with joy for the feeling that his loved one is still alive. I cried along with Claudio, for I saw a man grow into a stronger man who is my closest friend. I called out for Beatrice who was also unmasked, and asked her if she loved me. She denied it, and asked me the same question of my love of her, but I denied it too. We both told how we heard the people gossip about how we were madly in love with each other. Since I denied my love to her, Claudio pulled out a letter that I recognized. He handed it to Beatrice stating that the letter is a love letter written in my hand. Like Claudio, Hero does the same, except she hands me a love letter written in Beatrice’s handwriting. We both said that even if we were in love, that it was through pity, but ended up kissing, because we actually are in love.