E _Demaenetus_ AND
TRYING NOT TO SEEM BORED BY HIS GALLANTRIES.

_Dem._

Numquidnam tibi molestumst, gnate mi,
si haec nunc mecum accubat? 830

You don't mind it, do you, my boy,--her being on the couch
here with me? (_merrily chucks Philaenium under the chin_)

_Argyr._

Pietas, pater, oculis dolorem prohibet. quamquam ego istanc amo,
possum equidem inducere animum, ne aegre patiar quia tecum accubat.

(_dolefully_) My duty as a son takes the sting out of the
sight, father. Even though I do love her, of course I can
persuade myself not to be disturbed at her being with you.

_Dem._

Decet verecundum esse adulescentem, Argyrippe.

A young fellow should be modest, Argyrippus.

_Argyr._

Edepol, pater,
merito tuo facere possum.

Ah yes, father, I can behave as you deserve.

_Dem._

Age ergo, hoc agitemus convivium
vino et[28] sermoni suavi. nolo ego metui, amari mavolo,
mi gnate, me abs te.

(_jovially_) Come on then, let's have a lively banquet--wine
and sweet converse, my dears! None of your filial awe for
me: your love is what I want, my lad.

_Argyr._

Pol ego utrumque facio, ut aequom est filium.

(_still more dolefully_) Ah yes, father, I give you both,
as a son should.

_Dem._

Credam istuc, si esse te hilarum videro.

I'll believe that, once I see you looking jolly.

_Argyr._

An tu me tristem putas?

(_with a deep sigh_) You don't think I'm ... melancholy ...
do you?

_Dem._

Putem ego, quem videam aeque esse maestum ut quasi dies si dicta sit?

Think so? When you look as sepulchral as if you were
docketed for trial!

_Argyr._

Ne dixis istuc.

Don't say that.

_Dem._

Ne sic fueris: ilico ego non dixero. 839,840

Don't be that, and I'll stop saying it soon enough.

_Argyr._

Em aspecta: rideo.

(_making a dismal effort to look happy_) Here now! See! I'm
smiling.

_Dem._

Utinam male qui mihi volunt sic rideant.

(_dryly_) I wish my enemies were blessed with a smile like
that.

_Argyr._

Scio equidem quam ob rem me, pater, tu tristem
credas nunc tibi:
quia istaec est tecum. atque ego quidem hercle ut verum
tibi dicam. pater,
ea res me male habet; at non eo, quia tibi non cupiam quae veli