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Char. “Very good; begin by telling me your name.”

Mes. “Yowyre beginning with something very diffi-
cult.”

Char. “Why so?”

Mes. “T have so many names that, if you began at
dawn, you would not reach the end before midnight.”

Char. “Your first name, then?”

Mes. “*Pax.’ That is my every-day name.”

Char. “Well, what business have you with these
people whom you are asking after?”

Mes. “The father of this young friend of mine,
Lesbionicus, gave me two letters.”

Char. (aside). “Well, I have got him here. He
says that I gave him two letters. I'll have a fine
game with the fellow.” :

Mes. “The old gentlemen said that I was to hand
one of the letters to his son Lesbionicus, and the
other to his friend Callicles.”

Char. “Where was he?”

Mes. “He was quite well.”

Char. “ But where?”

Mes. “In Seleucia.”

Char. “Did he give you the letters himself ?”

Mes. “Yes, with his own hands.”

Char. ‘What sort of look had he?”

Mes. “Oh, a foot and a half taller than you.”

Char. “There’s a hitch here — it seems that I am
taller there than here. Do you know him?”

Mes. “What a question! Do I know the man
that I used to dine with?”

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