d calmness_) We came here yesterday,
you say?

_Alc._

Aio, adveniensque ilico
me salutavisti, et ego te, et osculum tetuli tibi. 800

Yes, and the moment you arrived you greeted me, and I you,
and I gave you a kiss.

_Sos._

Iam illud non placet principium de osculo.

Now I don't like that, that beginning with a kiss!

_Amph._

Perge exsequi.

Go on, go on!

_Alc._

Lavisti.

Then you bathed.

_Amph._

Quid postquam lavi?

And after bathing?

_Alc._

Accubuisti.

You took your place on the dining couch.

_Sos._

Euge optime,
nunc exquire.

Bravo, sir! Great work! Now get to the bottom of it.

_Amph._

Ne interpella. perge porro dicere.

(_to Sosia_) No interruptions! (_to Alcmena_) Go on with
your story.

_Alc._

Cena adposita est, cenavisti mecum, ego accubui simul.

Dinner was served: we dined together: I took my place on the
couch, too.

_Amph._

In eodem lecto?

The same couch?

_Alc._

In eodem.

Surely.

_Sos._

Ei, non placet convivium.

Oho! This banqueting looks bad!

_Amph._

Sine modo argumenta dicat. quid postquam cenavimus?

(_to Sosia_) That will do. Let her state her case. (_to
Alcmena_) What after we dined?

_Alc._

Te dormitare aibas, mensa ablata est. cubitum hinc abiimus.

You said you were sleepy: the table was removed: we went off
to bed.

_Amph._

Ubi tu cubuisti?

Where did you sleep?

_Alc._

In eodem lecto tecum una in cubiculo.

Why, with you, in our room.

_Amph._

Perdidisti.

Oh, my God!

_Sos._

Quid tibi est?

What ails you?

_Amph._

Haec me modo ad mortem dedit.

She has killed me, killed me!

_Alc._

Quid iam, amabo?

Why, my dear man, what do you mean?

_Amph._

Ne me appella.

(_furiously_) Don't speak to me!

_Sos._

Quid tibi est?

What ails you?

_Amph._

Perii miser, 810
quia pudicitiae huius vitium me hinc absente est additum.

Oh, God help me! She's been seduced while I was gone!

_Alc._

Obsecro ecastor, cur istuc, mi vir, ex ted audio?

Good heavens! For mercy's sake how can you say such a thing,
my dear husband?

_Amph._

Vir ego tuos sim? ne me appell