Idem ego arbitror, 140 nec tibi advorsari certum est de istac re umquam, soror. My own opinion precisely. I’ll never differ with you there, sister, you may count on that. _Eun._ Da mihi operam amabo. Now do give me your attention, there’s a dear. _Mega._ Tuast, utere atque impera, si quid vis. It is all your own; use me, command me--anything you wish. _Eun._ Id quod in rem tuam optumum esse arbitror, ted id monitum advento. I’m going to advise you to do something that I think will be the very best thing in the world for you. _Mega_ Soror, more tuo facis. Quite like you, sister. _Eun._ Factum volo. I certainly hope so. _Mega._ Quid est id, soror? And what is this something, my dear? _Eun._ Quod tibi sempiternum salutare sit: liberis procreandis-- ita di faxint--volo te uxorem domum ducere. Something that will make for your everlasting welfare. You should have children. God grant you may!--and I want you to marry. _Mega._ Ei occidi. Oh-h-h, murder! _Eun._ Quid ita? 150 How so? _Mega._ Quia mihi misero cerebrum excutiunt tua dicta, soror: lapides loqueris. Well, you’re knocking my poor brains out with such a proposition, my dear girl: you’re talking cobble-stones. _Eun._ Heia, hoc face quod te iubet soror. Now, now, do what your sister tells you. _Mega._ Si lubeat, faciam. I would, if it appealed to me. _Eun._ In rem hoc tuam est. It would be a good thing for you. _Mega._ Ut quidem emoriar prius quam ducam. sed his legibus si quam dare vis ducam: quae cras veniat, perendie foras feratur; his legibus dare vis? cedo: nuptias adorna. Yes--to die before marrying. (_pause_) All right. I’ll marry anyone you please, on this condition, though: her wedding to-morrow, and her wake the day after. Still wish it, on this condition? Produce her! Arrange for the festivities! _Eun._ Cum maxima possum tibi, frater, dare dote; sed est grandior natu: media est mulieris aetas. eam si iubes, frater, tibi me poscere, poscam. 160 I can get you one with ever so big a dowry, dear. To be sure, she’s not a young girl--middle-aged, as a matter of fact. I’ll see about it for you, brother, if you want. _Mega._ Num non vis me interrogare te? You don’t mind my asking you a question, I dare say? _Eun._ Immo, si quid vis, roga. Why, of course not; anything you like. _Mega._ Post mediam aetatem qui media ducit uxorem domum, si eam senex anum praegnatem fortuito fecerit, quid dubitas, quin sit paratum nomen puero Postumus?