Scene VIII.
Scene VIII.
Davus, Pamphilus.
Pam. Where is that villain who has ruined me?
Davus. (aside.) I’m a lost man!
Pam. But I confess that I am justly punished for my imprudence: for my want of common sense. Ought I to have confided my happiness to the keeping of such a shallow slave? I only pay the penalty of my folly: however, the rascal shall not escape the punishment he so richly deserves.
Davus. (aside.) If I escape this time, I think I never need know fear again.
Pam. And what can I say to my father? Can I, who so lately promised to marry, now refuse? with what face can I venture on such a step as that? I know not what to do!
Davus. (aside.) Nor I, though I am racking my brains to hit upon something. I will tell him that I have thought of an expedient to put off the marriage.
Pam. (seeing Davus.) Oh!