Geta. He talk’d of a great talent.

Dem. Plague on the rascal! what! has he no shame?

Geta. The very thing I said to him.—“Suppose

He was to portion out an only daughter,

What could he give her more?—He profits little,

Having no daughter of his own; since one

Is found to carry off a fortune from him.”

—But to be brief, and not to dwell upon

All his impertinences, he at last

Gave me this final answer.—“From the first,