Who thus betrayed my honour!

Sos. Sir, shall I wait on you?

Amph. No, I will go alone. Expect me here. [Exit Amphitryon.

Phæd. Please you, that I—— [To Alcmena.

Alcm. Oh! nothing now can please me:

Darkness, and solitude, and sighs, and tears,

And all the inseparable train of grief,

Attend my steps for ever.—— [Exit Alcmena.

Sos. What if I should lie now, and say we have been here before? I never saw any good that came of telling truth. [Aside.

Phæd. He makes no more advances to me: I begin a little to suspect, that my gold goblet will prove but copper. [Aside.