But that other one came, sixteen years old, whom Parmeno brought with him.
Come now, explain this to me first: where did you get that cloak you have on? Are you silent?
§695Monstrum hominis! non dicturus es?
You monster of a man! Aren't you going to speak?
§695bVenit Chaerea.
Chaerea came.
§696Fraterne?
My brother?
§696bIta.
Yes.
§696cQuando?
When?
§696dHodie.
Today.
§696eQuam dudum?
How long ago?
§696fModo.
Just now.
§697Quicum?
With whom?
§697bCum Parmenone.
With Parmeno.
§697cNorasne eum prius?
Did you know him before?
§698Non; nec quis esset umquam audieram dicier.
No; nor had I ever heard it said who he was.
§699Unde igitur fratrem meum esse scibas?
How then did you know he was my brother?
Parmeno said he was: he gave me this garment.
§700bOccidi.
I am ruined.
§701Meam ipse induit: post una ambo abierunt foras.
He put on mine himself; afterwards both went out together.
§702Iam satis credis sobriam esse me, et nihil mentitam tibi?
Now do you sufficiently believe that I am sober, and have told you no lie?
§703Iam satis certum est virginem vitiatam esse?
Is it now sufficiently certain that the girl was ruined?
§704bQuid isti credam? res ipsa indicat.
Why should I believe him? The fact itself shows it.
§705Concede istuc paululum: audin? etiam nunc paululum: sat est.
Step aside there a little: do you hear? Still a little more: that is enough.
§706Dicdum hoc rursum: Chaerea tuam vestem detraxit tibi?
Tell me this again: did Chaerea strip your garment off you?
§707Factum.
It was done.
§707bEt ea est indutus?
And did he put it on?
§707cFactum.
It was done.
§707dEt pro te huc deductus est?
And was he brought here instead of you?
§707eIta.
Yes.
§708Iupiter magne, o scelestum atque audacem hominem!
Great Jupiter, oh, what a wicked and audacious man!
§708bVae mihi!
Woe to me!
§709Etiam nunc non credis indignis nos esse irrisas modis?
Even now do you not believe that we have been insulted in unworthy ways?
§710Mirum ni tu credas quod iste dicit: quid agam nescio.
It would be a wonder if you didn't believe what he says: I know not what to do.
§711Heus, negato rursum.
Hey, deny it again.
Possumne ego hodie ex te exsculpere
Can I today extract the truth from you?
§712Verum? vidistin fratrem Chaeream?
Did you see my brother Chaerea?
§712bNon.
No.
It cannot be done without punishment to confess, I see. Follow this way: now he says yes, now he denies.
§714Ora me.
Beg me.
§714bObsecro te vero, Phaedria.
I do beseech you indeed, Phaedria.
§714cI intro nunc iam.
Go inside now.
§714dOi, ei.
Oh, oh.
§715Alio pacto honeste quo modo hinc abeam nescio.
In no other way do I know how to depart from here with honor.
§716Actum est, siquidem tu me hic etiam, nebulo, ludificabere.
It is all over, if you too are to play tricks on me here, you scoundrel.
§717Parmenonis tam scio esse hanc technam quam me vivere.
I know this is Parmeno's trick as surely as I live.
§718Sic est.
It is so.
§718bInveniam pol hodie parem ubi referam gratiam.
By Pollux, I will find a way to return him like for like today.
§719Sed nunc quid faciendum censes, Dorias?
But now what do you think should be done, Dorias?
§719bDe istac rogas
Are you asking about that girl?
Yes: whether I should be silent or tell? Dor.
Tu pol, si sapis, §721Quod scis nescis, neque de eunucho, neque de vitio virginis: §722Hac re et te omni turba evolves, et illi gratum feceris.
By Pollux, if you are wise, you don't know what you know, neither about the eunuch, nor about the ruin of the girl: by this means you will both free yourself from all trouble, and do her a favor.
§723Id odio dic, abisse Dorum.
Say that that hateful fellow, Dorus, has gone away.
§723bIta faciam.
I will do so.
§723cSed videon Chremem?
But do I see Chremes?
§724Thais iam aderit.
Thais will soon be here.
§724bQuid ita?
Why so?
Because when I came away from there, already then had begun a quarrel between them.
§725bAufer aurum hoc: ego scibo ex hoc quid siet.
Take away this gold: I shall find out from him what has happened.
§726At at! data hercle verba mihi sunt: vicit vinum quod bibi.
Ah, ah! By Hercules, I've been taken in: the wine I drank has got the better of me.
§727Ac, dum accubabam, quam videbar mihi esse pulchre sobrius!
And, while I was lying down, how beautifully sober I seemed to myself!
§728Postquam surrexi, neque pes neque mens satis suum officium facit.
After I got up, neither my foot nor my mind does its duty well enough.
§729Chreme!
Chremes!
§729bQuis est? ehem Pythias.
Who is it? Oh, Pythias.
Ah, how much more beautiful you seem to me (same) Certainly you indeed, by Pollux, are much more cheerful too.
§731Verbum hercle hoc verum est; sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus.
By Hercules, this saying is true: without Ceres and Liber, Venus grows cold.
§732Sed Thais multo antevenit?
But has Thais arrived much before me?
§732bAnne abiit iam a milite?
Has she already left the soldier?
§733Iamdudum; aetatem: lites sunt inter eos factae maximae.
Long ago; an age: very great quarrels have arisen between them.
§734Nihil dixit ut sequerere sese?
Did she say nothing that you should follow her?
§734bNihil, nisi abiens mihi innuit.
Nothing, except as she was leaving she nodded to me.
§735Eho, nonne id sat erat?
Oh, was not that enough?
§735bAt nescibam id dicere illam; nisi quia §736Correxit miles quod intellexi minus: nam me extrusit foras.
But I didn't know she meant that; except that the soldier corrected what I understood too little: for he thrust me out of doors.
§737Sed eccam ipsam: miror ubi ego huic anteverterim.
But look, there she is herself: I wonder where I got ahead of her.
§738Credo equidem illum iam adfuturum esse, ut illam a me eripiat.
Indeed I believe he will soon be here to snatch her from me.
Sine veniat.
Let him come.
§739Atqui si illam digito attigerit uno, oculi ilico effodientur.
But yet if he touches her with one finger, his eyes will be dug out on the spot.
§740Usque adeo ego illius ferre possum ineptias et magnifica verba, §741Verba dum sint: verum enim si ad rem conferentur, vapulabit.
To such an extent I can bear his silliness and boastful words, as long as they are words: but if they are brought to action, he shall be beaten.
§742Thais, ego iam dudum hic adsum.
Thais, I have been here for a long time.
§742bO mi Chreme, te ipsum exspectabam.
O my Chremes, I was expecting you yourself.
§743Scin tu turbam hanc propter te esse factam, et adeo ad te attinere hanc
Do you know that this turmoil has been made because of you, and that this concerns you so much?