Well, I shall go and try to find him as soon as possible. [EXIT TO FORUM. _Chrys._ Ille est oneratus recte et plus iusto vehit. exorsa haec tela non male omnino mihi est: 350 ut amantem erilem copem facerem filium, ita feci, ut auri quantum vellet sumeret, quantum autem lubeat reddere ut reddat patri. (_gleefully_) He’s nicely freighted, he is, in fact, overfreighted. Not a half bad sort of web I’ve woven here! To set up the young master in funds for his love affair, I’ve fixed things so that he can take as much of the gold as he wants himself, yes, and pass on to his father as much as he likes to pass on. senex in Ephesum ibit aurum arcessere, hic nostra agetur aetas in malacum modum, siquidem hic relinquet neque secum abducet senex med et Mnesilochum. quas ego hic turbas dabo! sed quid futurumst, cum hoc senex resciverit, cum se excucurisse illuc frustra sciverit nosque aurum abusos? quid mihi fiet postea? 360 The old man will go to Ephesus to fetch the gold and we’ll be living a downy life of it here, that is, if the old chap leaves us here and doesn’t drag me and Mnesilochus along with him. Oh, won’t I turn things upside down here! (_pauses_) But what’ll happen when the old man discovers it? When he finds out he’s gone on a wild goose chase and we’ve used up the cash? What will happen to me then? credo hercle adveniens nomen mutabit mihi facietque extemplo Crucisalum me ex Chrysalo. aufugero hercle, si magis usus venerit. si ero reprehensus, macto ego ilium infortunio: si illi sunt virgae ruri, at mihi tergum domist. nunc ibo, erili filio hanc fabricam dabo super auro amicaque eius inventa Bacchide. Gad! I suppose he’ll change my name for me the minute he gets back, and transform me from Chrysalus to Crossalus on the spot. Oh, well, I’ll run for it, if it looks advisable. If I am caught, he’ll have his fill of discomfort: if he’s got rods on the farm, well, I’ve got a back on my person. Now I’ll be off and let the young master know about this gold trick and his mistress Bacchis being found. [EXIT Chrysalus. ACTVS III ACT III _Lydus_ Pandite atque aperite propere ianuam hanc Orci, obsecro. (_wildly, inside Bacchis’s house_) Quick, quick, open up, I beseech you, unclose this door of hell! ENTER _Lydus_ HURRIEDLY. nam equidem haud aliter esse duco, quippe quo nemo advenit, nisi quem spes reliquere omnes, esse ut frugi possiet. 370 Bacchides non Bacchides, sed bacchae sunt acerrumae. apage istas a me sorores, quae hominum sorbent sanguinem. omnis ad perniciem instructa domus opime atque opipare-- quae ut aspexi, me continuo contuli protinam in pedes.