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Da. “It is possible, sir.”

Si. “He might have had advisers who would en-
courage him in this feeling.”

Da. “JT don’t understand.”

Sz. “Not understand?”

Da. “No, sir; I am Davus, not CEdipus.” !

Si. “Then you want me to speak plainly?”

Da. “Tf you please, sir.”

Si. “Listen, then; if you try any tricks to hinder
this match, you will be well flogged and sent to the
treadmill till you die. Is that plain enough?”

Da. “Certainly, sir.”

Si. “Well, don’t say that you have not been
warned.”

But there was another complication. Though
Pamphilus had no thought of Philumena, his friend
Charinus was deeply in love with her, and the news
of the intended wedding struck him with despair.
He hurried, on hearing of it from his slave Byrrhia,
to see whether anything could be done. “O Pam-
philus,” he cried, as soon as he saw his friend, “are
you going to be married to-day?”

Pamphilus. “So they say.”

Charinus. “Then you have seen the last of me.”

Pam. “Why so?” |

Char. “I am ashamed to say.” (Zurning to his
slave) “Tell him, Byrrhia.”

Byrrhia. “The truth is, my master is in love with
your betrothed.”

1 Gdipus — famous as having guessed the riddle of the Sphinx.