r._)

SCENE IV.

_PARMENO, alone._

PAR. (_to himself._) {Only} let the next two days go by; you who, at
present, in such high favor, are opening the door with one little
finger, assuredly I'll cause to be kicking at that {door} full oft,
with your heels, to no purpose.

_Re-enter GNATHO from the house._

GNA. Still standing here, Parmeno? Why now, have you been left on
guard here, that no go-between might perchance be secretly running
from the Captain to her? (_Exit._

PAR. Smartly said; really {they ought to be} wonderful things to
please the Captain. But I see my master's youngest son coming this
way; I wonder why he has come away from the Piraeus,[47] for he is at
present on guard there in the public service. It's not for nothing;
he's coming in a hurry, too; I can't imagine why he's looking around
in all directions.

SCENE V.

_Enter CHAEREA on the other side of the stage, in haste._

CHAE. (_to himself._) I'm utterly undone! The girl is nowhere; nor do
I know where I am myself, to have lost sight of her. Where to inquire
for her, where to search for her, whom to ask, which way to turn, I'm
at a loss. I have only this hope; wherever she is, she can not long be
concealed. O what beauteous features! from this moment I banish all
other women from my thoughts; I can not endure these every-day
beauties.

PAR. (_apart._) Why look, here's the other one. He's saying something,
I don't know what, about love. O unfortunate old man, {their father!}
This assuredly is a youth, who, if he does begin, you will say that
the other one was mere play and pastime, compared with what the
madness of this one will cause.

CHAE. (_to himself, aloud._) May all the Gods and Goddesses confound
that old fellow who detained me to-day, and me as well who stopped for
him, and in fact troubled myself a straw about him. But see, here's
Parmeno. (_Addressing him._) Good-morrow to you.

PAR. Why are you out of spirits, and why in {such} a hurry? Whence
come you?

CHAE. What, I? I'faith, I neither know whence I'm come, nor whither I'm
going; so utterly have I lost myself.

PAR. How, pray?

CHAE. I'm in love.

PAR. (_starting._) Ha!

CHAE. Now, Parmeno, you may show what sort of a man you are. You know
that you often promised me {to this effect}: "Chaerea, do you only find
some {object} to fall in love with; I'll make you sensible of my
usefulness in such matters," when I used to be storing up my father's
provisions