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506 (CHREMES. PYTHIAS.)

CHREMES

Profecto quanto magis magisque cogito,

Nimirum dabit haec Thais mihi magnum malum:

Ita me video ab ea astute labefactarier,

Iam tum cum primum iussit me ad se arcessier.

Roget quis Quid tibi cum illa? ne noram quidem;
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Ubi veni, causam ut ibi manerem repperit.

Ait rem divinam fecisse, et rem seriam

Velle agere mecum. Iam tum erat suspicio

Dolo malo haec fieri omnia: ipsa accumbere

Mecum, mihi sese dare, sermonem quaerere.
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Ubi friget, huc evasit; quam pridem pater

Mihi et mater mortui essent: dico, iam diu.

Rus Sunii ecquod haberem, et quam longe a mari?

Credo ei placere hoc: sperat se a me avellere.

Postremo, ecqua inde parva periisset soror?
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Ecquis cum ea una? quid habuisset cum perit?

Ecquis eam posset noscere? Haec cur quaeritet?

Nisi si illa forte, quae olim periit parvula

Soror, hanc se intendit esse, ut est audacia.

Verum ea si vivit annos nata est sedecim,
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Non maior. Thais quam ego sum maiuscula est.

Misit porro orare ut venirem serio.

Aut dicat quod volt; aut molesta ne siet:

Non hercle veniam tertio. Heus, heus. Ecquis hic?

Ego sum Chremes.
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PYTHIAS

O capitulum lepidissimum!

CHREMES

Dico ego mihi insidias fieri.

PYTHIAS

Thais maximo

Te orabat opere ut eras redires.

CHREMES

Rus eo.

PYTHIAS

Fac amabo.

CHREMES

Non possum, inquam.

PYTHIAS

At tu apud nos hic mane,

Dum redeat ipsa.

CHREMES

Nihil minus.

PYTHIAS

Cur mi Chremes?

CHREMES

Malam rem hinc abis?
535

PYTHIAS

Si istuc ita certum est tibi,

Amabo ut illuc transeas ubi illa est.

CHREMES

Eo.

PYTHIAS

Abi Dorias cito hunc deduce ad militem.

Eunuchus. Publius Terentius Afer (Terence). ed. Edward St. John Parry. London. 1857.

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Eunuchus (Terence. Publii Terentii Comoediae Sex. Parry, Edward St. John, editor. London: Whittaker and Co.; George Bell, 1857.)

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Eunuchus; or, The Eunuch Perseus (Terence. The Comedies of Terence. Riley, Henry Thomas; Colman, George, translators. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1872.) — 3.3 focus

506 (Enter CHREMES.)

CHREMES

(to himself.)

Why, really, the more and more I think of it, I shouldn’t be surprised if this Thais should be doing me some great mischief; so cunningly do I perceive myself beset by her. Even on the occasion when she first requested me to be fetched to her

(any one might ask me, What business had you with her? Really I don’t know.) When I came, she found an excuse for me to remain there; she said that she had been offering a sacrifice,¹ and that she was desirous to speak upon some important business with me. Even then I had a suspicion that all these things were being done for her artful purposes. She takes her place beside
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me; pays every attention to me; seeks and opportunity of conversation. When the conversation flagged, she turned off to this point—how long since my father and mother died? I said that it was now a long time ago. Whether I had any country-house at Sunium, and how far from the sea? I suppose that this has taken her fancy, and she expects to get it away from me.
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Then at last, whether any little sister of mine had been lost from there; whether any person was with her; what she had about her when she was lost; whether any one could recognize her. Why should she make these inquiries? Unless, perhaps, she pretends—so great is her assurance—that she herself is the same person that was formerly lost when a little girl.
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But if she is alive, she is sixteen years old, not older; whereas Thais is somewhat older than I am. She has sent to press me earnestly to come. Either let her speak out what she wants, or not be troublesome; I assuredly shall not come a third time (knocking at the door of THAIS). Ho! there, ho! there! Is any one here?
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It’s I, Chremes.
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(Enter PYTHIAS from the house.)

PYTHIAS

O most charming, dear creature!

CHREMES

(apart.)

I said there was a design upon me.

PYTHIAS

Thais entreated you most earnestly to come again to-morrow.

CHREMES

I’m going into the country.

PYTHIAS

Do, there’s a dear sir.

CHREMES

I can not, I tell you.

PYTHIAS

Then stay here at our house till she comes back.

CHREMES

Nothing less likely.

PYTHIAS

Why, my dear Chremes?

(Taking hold of him.)

CHREMES

(shaking her off.)

Away to perdition with you!
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PYTHIAS

If you are so determined about it, pray do step over to the place where she is.

CHREMES

I’ll go there.

PYTHIAS

(calling at the door.)

Here, Dorias (DORIAS enters), show this person directly to the Captain’s.

(Exit CHREMES with DORIAS, PYTHIAS goes into the house.)

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PYTHIAS

O capitulum lepidissimum!

CHREMES

Dico ego mihi insidias fieri.

PYTHIAS

Thais maximo

Te orabat opere ut eras redires.

CHREMES

Rus eo.

PYTHIAS

Fac amabo.

CHREMES

Non possum, inquam.

PYTHIAS

At tu apud nos hic mane,

Dum redeat ipsa.

CHREMES

Nihil minus.

PYTHIAS

Cur mi Chremes?

CHREMES

Malam rem hinc abis?
535

PYTHIAS

Si istuc ita certum est tibi,

Amabo ut illuc transeas ubi illa est.

CHREMES

Eo.

PYTHIAS

Abi Dorias cito hunc deduce ad militem.

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PYTHIAS

O most charming, dear creature!

CHREMES

(apart.)

I said there was a design upon me.

PYTHIAS

Thais entreated you most earnestly to come again to-morrow.

CHREMES

I’m going into the country.

PYTHIAS

Do, there’s a dear sir.

CHREMES

I can not, I tell you.

PYTHIAS

Then stay here at our house till she comes back.

CHREMES

Nothing less likely.

PYTHIAS

Why, my dear Chremes?

(Taking hold of him.)

CHREMES

(shaking her off.)

Away to perdition with you!
535

PYTHIAS

If you are so determined about it, pray do step over to the place where she is.

CHREMES

I’ll go there.

PYTHIAS

(calling at the door.)

Here, Dorias (DORIAS enters), show this person directly to the Captain’s.

(Exit CHREMES with DORIAS, PYTHIAS goes into the house.)

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PYTHIAS O capitulum lepidissimum!

CHREMES Dico ego mihi insidias fieri.

PYTHIAS Thais maximo Te orabat opere ut eras redires.

CHREMES Rus eo.

PYTHIAS Fac amabo.

CHREMES Non possum, inquam.

PYTHIAS At tu apud nos hic mane, Dum redeat ipsa.

CHREMES Nihil minus.

PYTHIAS Cur mi Chremes?

CHREMES Malam rem hinc abis? 535

PYTHIAS Si istuc ita certum est tibi, Amabo ut illuc transeas ubi illa est.

CHREMES Eo.

PYTHIAS Abi Dorias cito hunc deduce ad militem.

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PYTHIAS O most charming, dear creature!

CHREMES (apart.) I said there was a design upon me.

PYTHIAS Thais entreated you most earnestly to come again to-morrow.

CHREMES I’m going into the country.

PYTHIAS Do, there’s a dear sir.

CHREMES I can not, I tell you.

PYTHIAS Then stay here at our house till she comes back.

CHREMES Nothing less likely.

PYTHIAS Why, my dear Chremes? (Taking hold of him.)

CHREMES (shaking her off.) Away to perdition with you! 535

PYTHIAS If you are so determined about it, pray do step over to the place where she is.

CHREMES I’ll go there.

PYTHIAS (calling at the door.) Here, Dorias (DORIAS enters), show this person directly to the Captain’s. (Exit CHREMES with DORIAS, PYTHIAS goes into the house.)

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PYTHIAS

O capitulum lepidissimum!

CHREMES

Dico ego mihi insidias fieri.

PYTHIAS

Thais maximo

Te orabat opere ut eras redires.

CHREMES

Rus eo.

PYTHIAS

Fac amabo.

CHREMES

Non possum, inquam.

PYTHIAS

At tu apud nos hic mane,

Dum redeat ipsa.

CHREMES

Nihil minus.

PYTHIAS

Cur mi Chremes?

CHREMES

Malam rem hinc abis?
535

PYTHIAS

Si istuc ita certum est tibi,

Amabo ut illuc transeas ubi illa est.

CHREMES

Eo.

PYTHIAS

Abi Dorias cito hunc deduce ad militem.

PYTHIAS

O most charming, dear creature!

CHREMES

(apart.)

I said there was a design upon me.

PYTHIAS

Thais entreated you most earnestly to come again to-morrow.

CHREMES

I’m going into the country.

PYTHIAS

Do, there’s a dear sir.

CHREMES

I can not, I tell you.

PYTHIAS

Then stay here at our house till she comes back.

CHREMES

Nothing less likely.

PYTHIAS

Why, my dear Chremes?

(Taking hold of him.)

CHREMES

(shaking her off.)

Away to perdition with you!
535

PYTHIAS

If you are so determined about it, pray do step over to the place where she is.

CHREMES

I’ll go there.

PYTHIAS

(calling at the door.)

Here, Dorias (DORIAS enters), show this person directly to the Captain’s.

(Exit CHREMES with DORIAS, PYTHIAS goes into the house.)