Pam. (aside.) They are changing sides.
Phid. ’Tis she that causes our disturbances, Laches.
Pam. (aside.) So long as I don’t take her back, let her cause as much disturbance as she pleases.
Phid. I, Pamphilus, could really wish, if it were possible, this alliance between us to be lasting; but if you are otherwise inclined, still take the child.[55]
Pam. (aside.) He has discovered that she has been brought to bed. I’m undone!
Lach. The child! What child?
Phid. We have had a grandson born to us; for my daughter was removed from you in a state of pregnancy, and yet never before this day did I know that she was pregnant.
Lach. So may the Gods prosper me, you bring good tidings, and I am glad a child has been born, and that she is safe: but what kind of woman have you for a wife, or of what sort of a temper, that we should have been kept in ignorance of this so long? I can not sufficiently express how disgraceful this conduct appears to me.
Phid. This conduct does not vex me less than yourself, Laches.
Pam. (aside.) Even if it had just now been a matter of doubt to me, it is so no longer, since the child of another man is to accompany her.