Chæ. An unpleasant business for my brother, it should seem.
Par. Aye, and if you did but know what present he is pitting against this present, you would say so still more.
Chæ. Troth now, what is it, pray?
Par. A Eunuch.[58]
Chæ. What! that unsightly creature, pray, that he purchased yesterday, an old woman?
Par. That very same.
Chæ. To a certainty, the gentleman will be bundled out of doors, together with his present; but I wasn’t aware that this Thais is our neighbor.
Par. It isn’t long since she came.
Chæ. Unhappy wretch that I am! never to have seen her, even. Come now, just tell me, is she as handsome as she is reported to be?[59]
Par. Quite.