Part 26 (2/2)

PAR. Aye, and if you knew The gift he sends to be compar'd with this, You'd cry alas, indeed!

CHaeR. What is his gift?

PAR. An Eunuch.

CHaeR. What! that old and ugly slave That he bought yesterday?

PAR. The very same.

CHaeR. Why, surely, he'll be trundled out o' doors He and his gift together--I ne'er knew Till now that Thais was our neighbor.

PAR. She Has not been long so.

CHaeR. Ev'ry way unlucky: Ne'er to have seen her neither:--Prithee, tell me, Is she so handsome, as she's said to be?

PAR. Yes, faith!

CHaeR. But nothing to compare to mine.

PAR. Oh, quite another thing.

CHaeR. But Parmeno!

Contrive that I may have her.

PAR. Well, I will.

Depend on my a.s.sistance:--have you any Further commands? (_As if going._)

CHaeR. Where are you going?

PAR. Home; To bring according to your brother's order, The slaves to Thais.

CHaeR. Oh, that happy Eunuch!

To be convey'd into that house!

PAR. Why so?

CHaeR. Why so? why, he shall have that charming girl His fellow-servant, see her, speak with her, Be with her in the same house all day long, And sometimes eat, and sometimes sleep by her.

PAR. And what if you should be so happy?

CHaeR. How?

Tell me, dear Parmeno!

PAR. a.s.sume his dress.

CHaeR. His dress! what then?

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