Par. How so?

Pam. Undone!

Par. And why?

Pam. Ah, Parmeno,

They hide some terrible misfortune from me!

Par. They said your wife Philumena was ill:

Whether ’tis that, I can not tell.

Pam. Death, Sirrah!

Why did you not inform me that before?

Par. Because I could not tell you all at once.