That your lover, whose absence has had no doubt its effect on you—
That Clinia’s running away from home, I say, was due
To his father’s disapproval of your attachment: that
Gave rise to disagreement; and Clinia, balancing
’Twixt love & duty, fled from home, & is now abroad,
Madly risking his life in Asia. Why do you laugh?
Gor. Indeed, sir, I was not laughing.
Chr.The shock this gave his father
Betrayed at last the affection he really bore his son:
It measures too the mischief—shows his purpose too,