PALAESTRIO
So—I understand what scheme the lady is upon. Because Sceledrus is asleep, she has sent her under-keeper away out of doors, whilst she may pass from our house to next door. That’s all right.
(Looks down the street.) But Periplecomenus is bringing here a woman of very comely appearance, her, for whom I commissioned him. By my faith, the Gods are helping us in this matter. How becomingly drest she struts along
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, not like a Courtesan. This business is prospering charmingly in our hands.
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(Stands aside.)
Miles Gloriosus. Plautus. Henry Thomas Riley (Translator). London. 1912.
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