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(Enter PAMPHILUS in haste from GLYCERIUM’s house.)
PAMPHILUS
Who is it that wants me?
(Aside.) I’m undone! it’s my father.
Who is it that wants me?
(Aside.) I’m undone! it’s my father.
SIMO
What say you, of all men, the —?
What say you, of all men, the —?
CHREMES
Oh! rather speak about the matter itself, and forbear to use harsh language.
Oh! rather speak about the matter itself, and forbear to use harsh language.
SIMO
As if any thing too severe could now be possibly said against him.
Pray, do you say that Glycerium is a citizen—
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As if any thing too severe could now be possibly said against him.
Pray, do you say that Glycerium is a citizen—
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PAMPHILUS
So they say.
So they say.
SIMO
So they say! Unparalleled assurance! does he consider what he says? Is he sorry for what he has done? Does his countenance, pray, at all betray any marks of shame? That he should be of mind so weak, as, without regard
to the custom and the law
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of his fellow-citizens, and the wish of his own father, to be anxious, in spite of every thing, to have her, to his own utter disgrace!
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So they say! Unparalleled assurance! does he consider what he says? Is he sorry for what he has done? Does his countenance, pray, at all betray any marks of shame? That he should be of mind so weak, as, without regard
to the custom and the law
1
of his fellow-citizens, and the wish of his own father, to be anxious, in spite of every thing, to have her, to his own utter disgrace!
880
PAMPHILUS
Miserable that I am!
Miserable that I am!
SIMO
Ha! have you at last found that out only just now, Pamphilus? Long since did that expression, long since, when you made up your mind, that what you desired must be effected by you at any price;
from that very day did that expression aptly befit you. But yet why do I torment myself? Why vex myself? Why worry my old age with this madness? Am I to suffer the punishment for his offenses? Nay then, let him have her, good-by to him, let him pass his life with her.
885
Ha! have you at last found that out only just now, Pamphilus? Long since did that expression, long since, when you made up your mind, that what you desired must be effected by you at any price;
from that very day did that expression aptly befit you. But yet why do I torment myself? Why vex myself? Why worry my old age with this madness? Am I to suffer the punishment for his offenses? Nay then, let him have her, good-by to him, let him pass his life with her.
885
PAMPHILUS
My father—
My father—
SIMO
How,
my father? As if you stood in any need of this father. Home, wife, and children, provided by you against the will of your father! People suborned, too, to say that she is a citizen of this place! You have gained your point.
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How,
my father? As if you stood in any need of this father. Home, wife, and children, provided by you against the will of your father! People suborned, too, to say that she is a citizen of this place! You have gained your point.
890
PAMPHILUS
Father, may I say a few words?
Father, may I say a few words?
SIMO
What can you say to me?
What can you say to me?
CHREMES
But, Simo, do hear him.
But, Simo, do hear him.
SIMO
I, hear him? Why should I hear him,
Chremes?
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I, hear him? Why should I hear him,
Chremes?
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CHREMES
Still, however, do allow him to speak.
Still, however, do allow him to speak.
SIMO
Well then, let him speak: I allow him.
Well then, let him speak: I allow him.
PAMPHILUS
I own that I love her; if that is committing a fault, I own that also. To you, father, do I subject myself. Impose on me any injunction you please; command me. Do you wish me to take a wife? Do you wish me to give her up? As well as I can I will endure it. This only I request of you, not to think that this old gentleman has been suborned by me.
Allow me to clear myself, and to bring him here before you.
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I own that I love her; if that is committing a fault, I own that also. To you, father, do I subject myself. Impose on me any injunction you please; command me. Do you wish me to take a wife? Do you wish me to give her up? As well as I can I will endure it. This only I request of you, not to think that this old gentleman has been suborned by me.
Allow me to clear myself, and to bring him here before you.
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SIMO
To bring him here?
To bring him here?
PAMPHILUS
Do allow me, father.
Do allow me, father.
CHREMES
He asks what’s reasonable; do give him leave.
He asks what’s reasonable; do give him leave.
PAMPHILUS
Allow me to obtain thus much of you.
Allow me to obtain thus much of you.
SIMO
I allow it. I desire any thing, so long as I find, Chremes, that I have not been deceived by him.
(PAMPHILUS goes into the house of GLYCERIUM.)
I allow it. I desire any thing, so long as I find, Chremes, that I have not been deceived by him.
CHREMES
For a great offense, a slight punishment ought to satisfy a father.
For a great offense, a slight punishment ought to satisfy a father.
Andria. Publius Terentius Afer (Terence). Henry Thomas Riley (Translator), George Colman (Translator). Ney York. 1874.
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