Simo. [aside.] Ha!
Davus. [aside.] Would to Heaven that he were deaf, or that she were dumb.
Mysis. For girl, or boy, he has given orders that the child shall be brought up[141].
Simo. O Jupiter! what do I hear? it is all over, if what she says be truth.
Lesbia. What you tell me, is a proof of a good disposition.
Mysis. His is most excellent; but now let us go, lest we should be wanted before we arrive.
Lesbia. I follow you.
[They go in.
Davus. [aside.] Here’s a pretty disaster! how shall I be able to remedy this evil?
[Simo to himself.] What’s this? Is he so mad? A foreigner too! [142]phoo! now I see through it all! how simple I must be not to discover it at first.