Chrem. But there is no occasion.
Syr. No occasion?
Chrem. Certainly not, i’ faith.
Syr. How so, I wonder?
Chrem. You shall soon know.[72]
Syr. Stop, stop; what is the reason that there is such a great noise at our door?
They retire out of sight.
[ ACT THE FOURTH.]
[ Scene I.]
Enter Sostrata and a Nurse in haste from the house of Chremes, and Chremes and Syrus on the other side of the stage unperceived.