Pam. He would.
Chr. Nay, Pamphilus: attend to me. No father
Would ever give in to his son in a matter of this kind.
Learn this lesson: see what shame your friend has brought
On his poor old father. No, ’twould never do to yield.
I can promise you too that he will not. I should not advise it myself.
Pam. You don’t know Clinia, sir; and have never seen the girl.
You go entirely by what this old Menedemus says.
He never saw her himself.
Chr. (aside). That’s true.—And you have seen her?