THEU. I'll go wrong, rather than any one should show me over.
TRA. (pointing). Don't you see, this vestibule before the house, and the piazza, of what a compass it is?
THEU. Troth, really handsome!
TRA. Well, look now, what pillars there are, with what strength they are built, and of what a thickness.
THEU. I don't think that I ever saw handsomer pillars.
SIM. I' faith, they were some time since bought by me at such a price!
TRA. (aside, whispering). Don't you hear—"They were once"? He seems hardly able to refrain from tears.
THEU. At what price did you purchase them?
SIM. I gave three minae for the two, besides the carriage. (He retires to some distance.)
THEU. (after looking close at them, to TRANIO). Why, upon my word, they are much more unsound than I thought them at first.