If it cannot be charged to his fault. In spite of the best intentions
Menedemus is much to blame. Poor fellow, but I may assist him.
And if I can, I will. I love to help a neighbour;
’Tis pleasure as well as duty: because it is a pleasure
To be wiser than others, and even a friend’s predicament
Increases the satisfaction I feel, when I think how well
My own household is managed. But stay, ’tis time I went
To see that all’s in order for the feast we hold to-night.
There are one or two old friends, who’d take it much amiss
Did I not ask them. Now at once I’ll go and find them.