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house by themselves. The result of this inspection
was a thorough satisfaction on the old man’s part
with the bargain that his son had made. “I would
not take fifteen hundred pounds for the place, money
down,” he said, when he had finished his survey.
Tranio promptly claimed credit for his share in the
transaction. “TI advised it,” he said; “I made him
borrow the money for the deposit.” Theopropides
declared his intention of concluding the business
the next day by paying up the balance that remained
to be paid, and directed Tranio to announce his
arrival to his son, who, he had been given to under-
stand, was at his farm outside the city.
A slave of Callidamates now made his appear-
ance. He had come to fetch his master, who would
probably be unable by that time to make his way
home alone. Theopropides, who was surveying his
new possession, as he supposed it to be, from the
outside, seeing him knock at the door, and hearing
him call for Tranio, asked him his business.

Slave. “TI have come to fetch Callidamates.”

Theo. “But why knock at that door?”

Stave. “ Because my master is drinking inside.”

Theo. “Nonsense, young man. No one lives
here.”

Slave. “Doesn’t Philolaches live here?”

Theo. “He used to live here, but he has moved.”

Slave. “You are very much mistaken, my dear
sir; unless he moved yesterday or to-day, he cer-