View:
By Line
829
(Enter CHREMES from the house, with a bag of money.)
CHREMES
Where’s Clitipho now?
Where’s Clitipho now?
SYRUS
(aside to CLITIPHO.)
Say—here I am.
Say—here I am.
CLITIPHO
Here am I.
Here am I.
CHREMES
(to SYRUS.)
Have you told him how it is?
830
Have you told him how it is?
830
SYRUS
I’ve told him pretty well every thing.
I’ve told him pretty well every thing.
CHREMES
Take this money, and carry it.
(Holding out the bag.)
Take this money, and carry it.
SYRUS
(aside to CLITIPHO.)
Go—why do you stand still, you stone; why don’t you take it?
Go—why do you stand still, you stone; why don’t you take it?
CLITIPHO
Very well, give it me.
(Receives the bag.)
Very well, give it me.
SYRUS
(to CLITIPHO.)
Follow me this way directly.
(To CHREMES.) You in the mean while will wait here for us till we return; for there’s no occasion for us to stay there long.
(CLITIPHO and SYRUS go into the house of MENEDEMUS.)
Follow me this way directly.
(To CHREMES.) You in the mean while will wait here for us till we return; for there’s no occasion for us to stay there long.
CHREMES
(to himself.)
My daughter, in fact, has now had ten minae from me, which I consider as paid for her board; another ten will follow these for clothes; and then she will require two talents for her portion. How many things, both just and unjust, are sanctioned by custom!
1
835
Now I’m obliged, neglecting my business, to look out for some one on whom to bestow my property, that has been acquired by my labor.
840
My daughter, in fact, has now had ten minae from me, which I consider as paid for her board; another ten will follow these for clothes; and then she will require two talents for her portion. How many things, both just and unjust, are sanctioned by custom!
1
835
Now I’m obliged, neglecting my business, to look out for some one on whom to bestow my property, that has been acquired by my labor.
840
Heautontimorumenos. Publius Terentius Afer (Terence). Henry Thomas Riley (Translator), George Colman (Translator). Ney York. 1874.
Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.
Funding provided by NSF, NEH: Digital Libraries Initiative, Phase 2.