Ul. (aside). Well asked.

Amph. Sagest Penelope, thou triflest still.

The time is fled when hope might yet imagine

Thy husband lived: so long to have sent no word

Is surest tidings: if Ulysses lived

He would be here.

Ul. (aside).True, sir.

Amph.Thy needful patience

Have all admired: perpetual widowhood

The gods and we forbid. To make an end