_Enter CHREMES and SOPHRONA._
PYTH. (_to herself._) Well! what now can suggest itself to my mind?
What, I wonder, in order that I may repay the favor to that villain
who palmed this {fellow} off upon us?
CHREM. Really, do bestir yourself more quickly, nurse.
SOPH. I am bestirring.
CHREM. {So} I see; but you don’t stir forward.
PYTH. (_to CHREMES._) Have you yet shown the tokens to the nurse?
CHREM. All of them.
PYTH. Prithee, what does she say? Does she recognize them?
CHREM. Yes, with a full recollection of them.
PYTH. Upon my faith, you do bring good news; for I {really} wish well
to this young woman. Go in-doors: my mistress has been for some time
expecting you at home. (_CHREMES and SOPHRONA go into THAIS’S house._)
But look, yonder I espy {that} worthy fellow, Parmeno, coming: just
see, for heaven’s sake, how leisurely he moves along. I hope I have it
in my power to torment him after my own fashion. I’ll go in-doors,
that I may know for certain about the discovery; afterward I’ll come
out, and give this villain a terrible fright. (_Goes into the house._)