Excerpt from act i, scene 1, in a midsummer night's dream by william shakespeare theseus now, fair hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace. four happy days bring in another moon. but, o, methinks how slow this old moon wanes! she lingers my desires like to a stepdame or a dowager long withering out a young man’s revenue. what does theseus mean by "she lingers my desires / like to a stepdame or a dowager / long withering out a young man’s revenue"? a. in a few days, you will not be a stepdame or dowager any more. b. i’m as impatient as a young man who has to wait for his inheritance. c. we can’t get married until my stepmother arrives. d. when we get married, i will feel like the richest man in the world because i have you.