ady what a courtesan means?
Is he come to town? One misfortune close upon another.

PAR. Master, don't look so at me; he didn't do these things by my
encouragement.

LACH. Leave off talking about yourself. If I live, you hang-dog,
I'll---- But first give me an account of it, whatever it is.

PAR. He was taken to the house of Thais in place of the Eunuch.

LACH. In place of the Eunuch?

PAR. Such is the fact. They have since apprehended him in the house as
a ravisher, and bound him.

LACH. Death!

PAR. Mark the assurance of courtesans.

LACH. Is there any other calamity or misfortune besides, that you have
not told me of?

PAR. That's all.

LACH. Do I delay rushing in here? (_Runs into the house of THAIS._)

PAR. (_to himself._) There's no doubt but that I shall have a heavy
punishment for this affair, only that I was obliged to act thus. I'm
glad of this, that some mischief will befall these women here through
my agency, for the old man has, for a long time, been on the look-out
for some occasion[105] to do them a bad turn; at last he has found it.

SCENE VII.

_Enter PYTHIAS from the house of THAIS, laughing._

PYTH. (_to herself, on entering._) Never, upon my faith, for a long
time past, has any thing happened to me that I could have better liked
to happen, than the old gentleman just now, full of his mistake,
coming into our house. I had the joke all to myself, as I knew[106]
what it was he feared.

PAR. (_apart_). Why, what's all this?

PYTH. Now I'm come out to meet with Parmeno. But, prithee, where is
he? (_Looking around._)

PAR. (_apart._) She's looking for me.

PYTH. And there he is, I see; I'll go up to him.

PAR. What's the matter, simpleton? What do you mean? What are you
laughing about? Still going on?

PYTH. (_laughing._) I'm dying; I'm wretchedly tired with laughing at
you.

PAR. Why so?

PYTH. Do you ask? Upon my faith, I never did see, nor shall see,
a more silly fellow. Oh dear, I can not well express what amusement
you've afforded in-doors. And still I formerly took you to be a clever
and shrewd person. Why, was there any need for you instantly to
believe what I told you? Or were you not content with the crime, which
by your advice the young man had been guilty of, without betraying the
poor fellow to his father as well? Why, what do you suppose his
feelings must have been at the moment when his father saw him clothed
in that dress? Well, do you now understand that y