Non hercle opinor; verum verum nescio. profecto de auro nil scio nisi nescio. nunc tibimet illuc navi capiundumst iter, ut illud reportes aurum ab Theotimo domum. atque heus tu. Bless my soul, I don t believe so; however, I don’t know. In fact, all I know about the money is that I don’t know. Now you’ll have to make a voyage there yourself, sir, so as to get it from Theotimus and bring it back home. And, oh, I say! _Nic._ Quid vis? Well? _Chrys._ Anulum gnati tui facito ut memineris ferre. See you remember to take your son’s ring along. _Nic._ Quid opust anulo? Ring? What for? _Chrys._ Quia id signumst cum Theotimo, qui eum illi adferet, ei aurum ut reddat. Because we arranged with Theotimus that he’s to give the gold to the man that brings him that ring. _Nic._ Meminero, et recte mones. 330 sed divesne est istic Theotimus? I shall remember; well you mentioned it, too. But is that Theotimus wealthy? _Chrys._ Etiam rogas? quin auro habeat soccis subpactum solum? Wealthy, eh? Wealthy? And he with gold soles on his shoes! _Nic._ Cur ita fastidit? What makes him so high and mighty? _Chrys._ Tantas divitias habet; nescit quid faciat auro. He’s so rich; he doesn’t know what to do with gold. _Nic._ Mihi dederit velim. sed qui praesente id aurum Theotimo datumst? (_sighing_) Wish he’d give it to me! But who was there when this money was given to Theotimus? _Chrys._ Populo praesente: nullust Ephesi quin sciat. The whole population, sir: there’s not a soul in Ephesus but knows about it. _Nic._ Istuc sapienter saltem fecit filius, cum diviti homini id aurum servandum dedit; ab eo licebit quamvis subito sumere. My son showed sense in that, at any rate,--giving it to a wealthy man to keep for him. You can get it from such a man at a moment’s notice. _Chrys._ Immo em tantisper numquam te morabitur 340 quin habeas illud quo die illuc veneris. Oh no, he’ll never keep you waiting, not--see here-- (_illustrating_) not so long: he’ll let you have it the day you arrive. _Nic._ Censebam me effugisse a vita marituma, ne navigarem tandem hoc aetatis senex; id mi haud, utrum velim, licere intellego: ita bellus hospes fecit Archidemides. ubi nunc est ergo meus Mnesilochus filius? I thought I had escaped from the seafaring life, that an old man of my age might really be done with voyaging. But no choice is left me, I perceive, in this case--thanks to the tactics of my charming friend Archidemides. Where is my son Mnesilochus at present, then? _Chrys._ Deos atque amicos iit salutatum ad forum. Gone to the forum to pay his respects to the gods and his friends. _Nic._ At ego hinc eo ad illum, ut convenam quantum potest.