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(Enter SYRUS, drunk, and DEMEA, on the opposite side of the stage.)
(Enter SYRUS, drunk, and DEMEA, on the opposite side of the stage.)
SYRUS
Upon my faith, my dear little Syrus, you have taken delicate care of yourself,
and have done your duty
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with exquisite taste; be off with you. But since I’ve had my fill of every thing in-doors, I have felt disposed to take a walk.
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Upon my faith, my dear little Syrus, you have taken delicate care of yourself,
and have done your duty
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with exquisite taste; be off with you. But since I’ve had my fill of every thing in-doors, I have felt disposed to take a walk.
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DEMEA
(apart.)
Just look at that—there’s an instance of their good training!
Just look at that—there’s an instance of their good training!
SYRUS
(to himself.)
But see, here comes our old man.
(Addressing him.) What’s the matter ? Why out of spirits?
But see, here comes our old man.
(Addressing him.) What’s the matter ? Why out of spirits?
DEMEA
Oh you rascal!
Oh you rascal!
SYRUS
Hold now; are you spouting your sage maxims here?
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Hold now; are you spouting your sage maxims here?
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DEMEA
If you were my servant—
If you were my servant—
SYRUS
Why, you would be a rich man, Demea, and improve your estate.
Why, you would be a rich man, Demea, and improve your estate.
DEMEA
I would take care that you should be an example to all the rest.
I would take care that you should be an example to all the rest.
SYRUS
For what reason? What have I done ?
For what reason? What have I done ?
DEMEA
Do you ask me? in the midst of this confusion, and during the greatest mischief,
which is hardly yet set right, you have been getting drunk, you villain, as though things had been going on well.
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Do you ask me? in the midst of this confusion, and during the greatest mischief,
which is hardly yet set right, you have been getting drunk, you villain, as though things had been going on well.
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SYRUS
(aside.)
Really, I wish I hadn’t come out.
Really, I wish I hadn’t come out.
Adelphi. Publius Terentius Afer (Terence). Henry Thomas Riley (Translator), George Colman (Translator). New York. 1874.
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