Agreed! (_turning to Sosia_) Sosia, take these fellows in. (_pointing to slaves with luggage_) I will bring Naucrates here from the ship. (_Sosia sends slaves inside_) [EXIT _Amphitryon_. _Sos._ Nunc quidem praeter nos nemo est. dic mihi verum serio: ecquis alius Sosia intust, qui mei similis siet? (_to Alcmena, confidentially_) Now then, ma’am, no one’s here besides us. (_elaborately makes sure of it_) Do be serious and tell me the truth--is there another Sosia inside who’s just like me? _Alc._ Abin hinc a me dignus domino servos? (_indignantly_) Will you leave my sight, sir--you slave worthy of your master! _Sos._ Abeo, si iubes. Sure, ma’am, if you say so. [EXIT INTO HOUSE. _Alc._ Nimis ecastor facinus mirum est, qui illi conlibitum siet meo viro sic me insimulare falso facinus tam malum. quicquid est, iam ex Naucrate cognato id cognoscam meo. 860 Merciful heavens! It’s simply unintelligible, how my husband could think fit to accuse me of such atrocious conduct without the slightest cause. Well, whatever it is, I shall soon know about it from Naucrates, one of my own family. [EXIT INTO HOUSE. ACTVS III ACT III (_A couple of hours have elapsed_) ENTER _Jupiter_. _Iup._ _Jup._ Ego sum ille Amphitruo, cui est servos Sosia. idem Mercurius qui fit, quando commodumst, in superiore qui habito cenaculo, qui interdum fio Iuppiter, quando lubet; huc autem quom extemplo adventum adporto, ilico Amphitruo fio et vestitum immuto meum. (_in jocular, self-satisfied tone_) I am that Amphitryon who has a servant Sosia, which same turns into Mercury on occasion, I being the Amphitryon who lodge in the upper attic (_pointing heavenward_) and become Jupiter at times, when the humour seizes me. As soon as I wend my way into these parts, however, on the spot I am Amphitryon and change my clothes. nunc huc honoris vostri venio gratia, ne hanc incohatam transigam comoediam; simul Alcumenae, quam vir insontem probri Amphitruo accusat, veni ut auxilium feram: 870 nam mea sit culpa, quod egomet contraxerim, si id Alcumenae innocenti expetat. I now appear out of regard for you, so as not to terminate this inchoate comedy. At the same time I am here to help out Alcmena, poor innocent, denounced as disloyal by her lord, Amphitryon. For it would be sinful of me, if the storm I have brewed should descend on the head of guileless Alcmena.