THE BROTHERS. 311

Sy. “True; well, we all make mistakes. Go back
to the colonnade. There is a much nearer way. Do
you know the house of the rich Cratinus ?”

De- “Yes.”

Sy. “When you reach that, go up the street to
the left. When you come to Diana’s temple, turn
to the right. Before you come to the gate, there is
a mill by the pond, and a workshop exactly opposite.
He is there.”

De. “What is he doing?”

Sy. “He is having some couches made.”

De. “For you to lie on and drink, I suppose.” —

Sy. (when Demea is out of hearing). “Go, you
old skeleton! I’ll give you a nice little walk. And
now, I think, I may take a little something to drink.”

Syrus did take the little “something,” and the
consequence was that when Demea came back,
fuming after his fruitless walk, for of course he did
not find his brother, and even the shop was imag-
inary, he was not able to cope with the situation.
“What annoys you?” he asked, when he saw the old
man.

De. “Oh, you scoundrel!”

Sy. “Ah, old wisdom overflowing again!”

De. “Oh, if you belonged to me!”

Sy. “You would be a rich man. I should have
set your affairs on a sound footing.”

De. “I would make an example of you.”

Sy. “Why, what have I done?”