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Io both hurt his pride and injured his business. "But for him," thought
Shylock, "I should be richer by half a million ducats. On the market
place, and wherever he can, he denounces the rate of interest I charge,
and--worse than that--he lends out money freely." So when Bassanio came
to him to ask for a loan of three thousand ducats to Antonio for three
months, Shylock hid his hatred, and turning to Antonio, said--"Harshly
as you have treated me, I would be friends with you and have your love.
So I will lend you the money and charge you no interest. But, just for
fun, you shall sign a bond in which it shall be agreed that if you do
not repay me in three months' time, then I shall have the right to a