Sim. (ironically.) He’s beginning his tale.
Chrem. Let him alone.
Cri. Really, is he to be interrupting me in this way?
Chrem. Do you proceed.
Cri. He who received him was a relation of mine. There I heard from him that he was a native of Attica. He died there.
Chrem. His name?
Cri. The name, in such a hurry!
Pam. Phania.
Chrem. (starting.) Hah! I shall die!
Cri. I’faith, I really think it was Phania; this I know for certain, he said that he was a citizen of Rhamnus.[95]