A thing past all belief?—I do believe it.

Syrus. This exculpation bodes some fault, I’m sure. (Aside.)

Sostra. Do you remember, I was pregnant once,

When you assur’d me with much earnestness,

That if I were deliver’d of a girl,

You would not have the child brought up?

Chrem. I know

What you have done. You have brought up the child.

Syrus. Madam, if so, my master gains a loss.

Sostra. No, I have not: but there was at that time