Syrus. I say then, Clinia, that your friend’s affairs

Must be attended to, and well secur’d:

For if you now depart abruptly from us,

And leave the wench upon our hands, my master

Will instantly discover she belongs

To Clitipho. But if you take her off,

It will remain, as still it is, a secret.

Clin. But, Syrus, this is flatly opposite

To what I most devoutly wish, my marriage,

For with what face shall I accost my father?