The Comedies of Terence

by Terence

—I’ll go and warn the bride and Sostrata,

—I’ll but speak with the bride and Sostrata,

And then return to you immediately.

Exit.

[ SCENE X.]

Demea alone.

Jove, what a life! what manners! what distraction!

A bride just coming home without a portion;

A Music-Girl already there in keeping:

A house of waste; the youth a libertine;