Par. To Thais.
Lach. Bought? Good heavens, I’m undone! For how much?
Par. Twenty minæ.
Lach. Done for, quite.
Par. Then, Chærea is in love with a certain music-girl here. (Pointing to Thais’s house.)
Lach. How! What? In love? Does he know already what a courtesan means? Is he come to town? One misfortune close upon another.
Par. Master, don’t look so at me; he didn’t do these things by my encouragement.
Lach. Leave off talking about yourself. If I live, you hang-dog, I’ll——But first give me an account of it, whatever it is.
Par. He was taken to the house of Thais in place of the Eunuch.
Lach. In place of the Eunuch?