I’ll soon be back.

Thais. We do not want them, Chremes.

Say, only, that this maiden is your sister,

And that you lost her when a child, and now

Know her again for yours.

Enter Pythias.

Thais (to Pyth.) Produce the proofs!

Pyth. Here they are.

Thais. Take them, Chremes!—If the Captain

Attempts to do you any violence,