And tell her, to prevent her being angry,

“That we’ve agreed to marry her to Phormio,

Her old acquaintance, and a fitter match;

That we have not been wanting in our duty,

But giv’n as large a portion as he ask’d.”

Dem. Pshaw! what’s all this to you?

Chrem. A great deal, brother.

Dem. Is’t not sufficient to have done your duty,

Unless the world approves it?

Chrem. I would choose