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(Enter CHREMES, somewhat drunk.)
CHREMES
Heyday! upon my faith, I’ve been bamboozled: the wine that I’ve drunk has got the upper hand. But, so long as I was reclining, how extremely sober I did seem to myself to be; when I got up, neither feet nor senses were quite equal to their duty.
Heyday! upon my faith, I’ve been bamboozled: the wine that I’ve drunk has got the upper hand. But, so long as I was reclining, how extremely sober I did seem to myself to be; when I got up, neither feet nor senses were quite equal to their duty.
PYTHIAS
Chremes!
Chremes!
CHREMES
(turning round.)
Who’s that? What, Pythias; dear me, how much more charming you now
seem to me than a short time since!
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Who’s that? What, Pythias; dear me, how much more charming you now
seem to me than a short time since!
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PYTHIAS
Troth now, you are much more merry, that’s certain.
Troth now, you are much more merry, that’s certain.
CHREMES
Upon my faith, it is a true saying, that
Venus grows cold without
Ceres and Bacchus. But has Thais got here long before me?
Upon my faith, it is a true saying, that
Venus grows cold without
Ceres and Bacchus. But has Thais got here long before me?
PYTHIAS
Has she already come away from the Captain’s?
Has she already come away from the Captain’s?
CHREMES
A long time ago; an age since. There has been a most violent quarrel between them.
A long time ago; an age since. There has been a most violent quarrel between them.
PYTHIAS
Did she say nothing about you following her?
Did she say nothing about you following her?
CHREMES
Nothing at all; only, on going away, she gave me a nod.
Nothing at all; only, on going away, she gave me a nod.
PYTHIAS
Well now, wasn’t that enough?
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Well now, wasn’t that enough?
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CHREMES
Why, I didn’t know that she meant that, until the Captain gave me an explanation, because I was dull of comprehension; for he bundled me out of the house. But look, here she is; I wonder how it was I got here before her.
Why, I didn’t know that she meant that, until the Captain gave me an explanation, because I was dull of comprehension; for he bundled me out of the house. But look, here she is; I wonder how it was I got here before her.
Eunuchus. Publius Terentius Afer (Terence). Henry Thomas Riley (Translator), George Colman (Translator). Ney York. 1874.
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