Aside.

Chrem. In with me, Sostrata!

Sostra. Beyond my hopes.

How much I fear’d you should continue still

So rigidly inclin’d, as formerly,

When you refus’d to educate her, Chremes!

Chrem. Men can not always be as they desire,

But must be govern’d by their fortunes still.

The times are alter’d with me, and I wish

To have a daughter now; then, nothing less.