“Ceres and Bacchus are warm friends of Venus.”
—But, pray, has Thais been here long before me?
Pyth. Has she yet left the Captain’s?
Chrem. Long time since:
An age ago. They’ve had a bloody quarrel.
Pyth. Did not she bid you follow her?
Chrem. Not she:
Only she made a sign to me at parting.
Pyth. Well, wasn’t that enough?
Chrem. No, faith! I never