Chæ. Yes; a Parasite, and a female servant.
Par. (apart.) It’s the very same. (To Chærea.) It’s all over with you; make an end of it; you’ve said your last.[56]
Chæ. You are thinking about something else.
Par. Indeed I’m thinking of this same matter.
Chæ. Pray, tell me, do you know her, or did you see her?
Par. I did see, and I do know her; I am aware to what house she has been taken.
Chæ. What, my dear Parmeno, do you know her, and are you aware where she is?
Par. She has been brought here (pointing) to the house of Thais the Courtesan.[57] She has been made a present to her.
Chæ. What opulent person is it, to be presenting a gift so precious as this?
Par. The Captain Thraso, Phædria’s rival.