s
caused. He has ravished the girl whom the Captain made present of to
my mistress.

PHAED. What is it you say?

PYTH. I'm ruined outright!

PHAED. You are drunk.

PYTH. I wish that they were so, who wish ill to me.

DORIAS. Oh, prithee, my {dear} Pythias, what a monstrous thing this
is!

PHAED. You are out of your senses. How could a Eunuch possibly do this?

PYTH. I know nothing about him: as to what he has done, the thing
speaks for itself. The girl is in tears; and when you ask her what's
the matter, she does not dare tell. But he, a precious fellow, is
nowhere to be seen. To my sorrow I suspect too, that when he took
himself off he carried something away from the house.

PHAED. I can not enough wonder, whither this varlet can possibly have
betaken himself to any distance from here; unless perhaps he has
returned home to our house.

PYTH. Pray, go and see whether he is there.

PHAED. I'll let you know immediately. (_Goes into the house of
LACHES._)

DORIAS. Ruined outright! Prithee, my dear, I never did so much as hear
of a deed so abominable!

PYTH. Why, faith, I had heard that they were extremely fond of the
women, but were incapable; unfortunately {what has happened} never
came into my mind; otherwise I should have shut him up somewhere, and
not have intrusted the girl to him.

SCENE IV.

_Enter PHAEDRIA from the house of LACHES, with DORUS in CHAEREA'S
clothes._

PHAED. (_dragging him out._) Come out, you villain! What, do you lag
behind, you runaway? Out with you, you sorry bargain!

DORUS (_crying out._) Mercy, I do entreat you!

PHAED. Oh, do look at that! How the villain distorts his face. What
means your coming back hither? Why this change of dress? What have you
to say? If I had delayed a moment, Pythias, I shouldn't have found him
at home: he had just prepared, in this fashion, for flight. (_Pointing
at his dress._)

PYTH. Have you caught the fellow, pray?

PHAED. Caught him, why not?

PYTH. O well done!

DORIAS. Upon my faith that really is capital!

PYTH. Where is he?

PHAED. Do you ask the question? Don't you see him? (_Pointing to the
EUNUCH._)

PYTH. (_staring about._) See whom, pray?

PHAED. This fellow, to be sure (_pointing_).

PYTH. What person is this?

PHAED. The same that was brought to your house to-day.

PYTH. Not one of our people has ever beheld this person with her eyes,
Phaedria.

PHAED. Not beheld him?

PYTH. Prithee, did you fancy that