but not for me, I won't be liberated.

_Nic._

Dic, scelerum caput,
dic, quo in periclo est meus Mnesilochus filius? 830

Speak, you fount of iniquity, speak--what danger is my son
Mnesilochus in?

_Chrys._

Sequere hac me, faxo iam scies.

(_going toward Bacchis's house_) This way; follow me: I'll
soon let you know.

_Nic._

Quo gentium?

(_following_) Where on earth are you taking me?

_Chrys._

Tres unos passus.

Three steps merely.

_Nic._

Vel decem.

Ten, for that matter.

_Chrys._

Agedum tu, Artamo,
forem hanc pauxillum aperi; placide, ne crepa;
sat est. accede huc tu. viden convivium?

Come on now, you, Artamo; open this door a tiny bit; easy,
don't make it creak. (_Artamo obeys_) That will do. (_to
Nicobulus_) Step up here, you. See that jovial party?
(_pointing inside_)

_Nic._

Video exadvorsum Pistoclerum et Bacchidem.

(_peeking in_) I see Pistoclerus and Bacchis right opposite.

_Chrys._

Qui sunt in lecto illo altero?

Who are on that other couch?

_Nic._

Interii miser.

(_peeking again, then with a start_) Death and damnation!

_Chrys._

Novistine hominem?

Do you recognize the gentleman?

_Nic._

Novi.

I do.

_Chrys._

Dic sodes mihi,
bellan videtur specie mulier?

Kindly give me your opinion--good-looking female, eh?

_Nic._

Admodum.

(_angrily_) Quite so!

_Chrys._

Quid illam, meretricemne esse censes?

Well, do you think she's a harlot?

_Nic._

Quippini?

Naturally.

_Chrys._

Frustra es.

You're mistaken.

_Nic._

Quis igitur obsecrost?

For heaven's sake, who is she, then?

_Chrys._

Inveneris. 840
ex me quidem hodie numquam fies certior.

(_again mysterious_) You'll soon discover. But you'll never
get the information from me to-day.

IV. 8.

Scene 8.

ENTER _Cleomachus_, APPARENTLY NOT SEEING GROUP AT DOORWAY.

_Cleom._

Meamne hic Mnesilochus, Nicobuli filius,
per vim ut retineat mulierem? quae haec factiost?

(_blustering_) Mnesilochus, Nicobulus's son, keep her here
by force--my woman? What sort of conduct is this?

_Nic._

Quis illest?

Who is that?

_Chrys._

Per tempus hic venit miles mihi.