Wait for me there, and see that you prepare

What’s requisite.

Exit Davus.

He has not wrought upon me

To yield implicit credit to his tale,

Nor do I know if all he said be true.

But, true or false, it matters not: to me

My Son’s own promise is the main concern.

Now to meet Chremes, and to beg his daughter

In marriage with my son. If I succeed,