I hac mecum intro atque ibi, si quid vis, filium concastigato. Do come inside here with me: yes, and punish your son ever so, in there, if you like. _Nic._ Abin a me, scelus? Get away from me, you hussy! _Bacch._ Sine, mea pietas, te exorem. Let me persuade you, that’s a love! (_tries to draw him toward house_) _Nic._ Exores tu me? You persuade me? _Soror_ Ego quidem ab hoc certe exorabo. I’ll certainly persuade my man, at any rate. _Phil._ Immo ego te oro, ut me intro abducas. (_returning her embrace with vigour_) No you won’t: I myself beg you to take me inside. _Soror_ Lepidum te. Oh, you delightful man! _Phil._ At scin quo pacto me ad te intro abducas? But do you know on what condition you can take me inside. _Soror_ Mecum ut sis. Yes, your being with me. _Phil._ Omnia quae cupio commemoras. The sum total of my desires! _Nic._ Vidi ego nequam homines, verum te neminem deteriorem. (_pulling himself together_) I have seen worthless men, but never a worse one than you. _Phil._ Ita sum. 1180 (_cheerfully_) So I am. _Bacch._ I hac mecum intro, ubi tibi sit lepide victibus, vino atque unguentis. (_to Nicobulus_) Do come along inside with me: you’ll have a lovely time--things to eat, and wine and perfumes. _Nic._ Satis, satis iam vostrist convivi: me nil paenitet ut sim acceptus: quadringentis Philippis filius me et Chrysalus circumduxerunt. quem quidem ego ut non excruciem, alterum tantum auri non meream. Enough, enough of your banqueting already--it makes no difference to me how I’m entertained! Four hundred pounds I’ve been tricked out of by my son and Chrysalus. And I wouldn’t forgo making that slave bleed for it, not for another four hundred. _Bacch._ Quid tandem, si dimidium auri redditur, in hac mecum intro? atque ut eis delicta ignoscas. Well, but supposing half of it is given back, won’t you come in with me, then? Yes, and pardon their offences? _Phil._ Faciet. He’ll do it. _Nic._ Minime, nolo. nil moror, sine sic. malo illos ulcisci ambo. (_with all his remaining resolution_) Not a bit of it. I don’t want to. None of this for me: leave me alone. I prefer to take vengeance on that pair. _Phil._ Etiam tu homo nihili? quod di dant boni cave culpa tua amissis dimidium auri datur. accipias, potesque et scortum aecumbas. (_aside to Nicobulus_) See here, you--ass! Look out you don’t lose the blessings the gods give you, and have yourself to blame for it. Here’s half the money given you: take it, and drink and have a good time with the wench. _Nic._ Egon ubi filius corrumpatur meus, ibi potem? (_very feebly_) I drink in the house where my son is being debauched?