[ Scene II.]
Enter Thais from her house, attended by Pythias.
Thais, (as she comes out.) I thought I just now heard the Captain’s voice. And look, here he is. Welcome, my dear Thraso.
Thra. O my Thais, my sweet one, how are you? How much do you love me in return for that music girl?
Par. (apart.) How polite! What a beginning he has made on meeting her!
Thais. Very much, as you deserve.
Gna. Let’s go to dinner then. (To Thraso.) What do you stand here for?
Par. (apart.) Then there’s the other one: you would declare that he was born for his belly’s sake.
Thra. When you please; I sha’n’t delay.
Par. (apart.) I’ll accost them, and pretend as though I had just come out. (He comes forward.) Are you going any where, Thais?