Enter Demipho and Chremes.
Dem. Well, have you brought your daughter with you, Chremes, for whom you went to Lemnos?
Chrem. No.
Dem. Why not?
Chrem. When her mother found that I staid here longer than usual, and at the same time the age of the girl did not suit with my delays, they told me that she, with all her family, set out in search of me.
Dem. Pray, then, why did you stay there so long, when you had heard of this?
Chrem. Why, faith, a malady detained me.
Dem. From what cause? Or what was it?
Chrem. Do you ask me? Old age itself is a malady. However, I heard that they had arrived safe, from the captain who brought them.
Dem. Have you heard, Chremes, what has happened to my son in my absence?