PLUTUS. 221

Plu. “Certainly; it is many a long day since I
saw one of that sort.”

Chrem. “Just as it has been with me, and yet I
can see.” RM

Plu. “Now, then, you'll let me go.”

Chrem. “Let you go indeed! No; we'll stick to
you closer than ever.” oe

Plu. “Ah! that is just what I feared.”

Chrem. “My dear friend, don’t leave me; you
won't find a more honest man than I am to live with.”

Plu. “So they all say; but as sure as ever I come
to them, they turn into the worst-rogues of all.”

Chrem. “Ah! but you may trust me. And now
listen to me, and I’ll tell you what you will get by
coming home with me; I hope, please the gods, to
recover you of your blindness.”

Plu. “No, no; I don’t want to see.”

Chrem. “Why not?” —

Plu. “Because I am afraid what Zeus might ‘do
to me.” a
 Chrem. “Don’t be afraid of Zeus. You are a
much greater power than he. Why do men pray
to Zeus?. For the sake of money, to be sure. Don’t
they pray for this in so many words? And could
you not stop all this if you chose?” Se?

Plu. “How could I stop it?”

Chrem. “Because no man could offer an 6x,~no,
not even a barley-cake, without your good-will. . You
find the money for it. So it is clear that you have