Phæd. Do you know what sort of dependence you have? Captain, I give you notice, if ever I catch you in this street again, even if you should say to me, “I was looking for another person, I was on my road this way,” you are undone.
Gna. Come, come, that’s not handsome.
Phæd. I’ve said it.
Gna. I didn’t know you gave yourself such airs.
Phæd. So it shall be.
Gna. First hear a few words from me; and when I have said the thing, if you approve of it, do it.
Phæd. Let’s hear.
Gna. Do you step a little that way, Thraso. (Thraso stands aside.) In the first place, I wish you both implicitly to believe me in this, that whatever I do in this matter, I do it entirely for my own sake; but if the same thing is of advantage to yourselves, it would be folly for you not to do it.
Phæd. What is it?
Gna. I’m of opinion that the Captain, your rival, should be received among you.