Æsch. My most indulgent father!

Micio. What means this?

Whence comes this hasty change of manners, brother?

Whence flows all this extravagance? and whence

This sudden prodigality?

Dem. I’ll tell you:

To show you, that the reason why our sons

Think you so pleasant and agreeable,

Is not from your deserts, or truth, or justice,

But your compliance, bounty, and indulgence.