Par. Such is the fact. They have since apprehended him in the house as a ravisher, and bound him.
Lach. Death!
Par. Mark the assurance of courtesans.
Lach. Is there any other calamity or misfortune besides, that you have not told me of?
Par. That’s all.
Lach. Do I delay rushing in here?
Runs into the house of Thais.
Par. (to himself.) There’s no doubt but that I shall have a heavy punishment for this affair, only that I was obliged to act thus. I’m glad of this, that some mischief will befall these women here through my agency, for the old man has, for a long time, been on the look-out for some occasion[105] to do them a bad turn; at last he has found it.
[ Scene VII.]
Enter Pythias from the house of Thais, laughing.