Pam. And then
My father!—what to say of him?—Oh shame!
A thing of so much consequence to treat
So negligently!—For but even now
Passing me in the forum, “Pamphilus!
To-day’s your wedding-day, said he: prepare;
Go, get you home!”—This sounded in my ears
As if he said, “go, hang yourself!”—I stood
Confounded. Think you I could speak one word?
Or offer an excuse, how weak soe’er?