PAR. Well, if you must, you must; but do not then, After all's over, throw the blame on me. CHAER. No, no! PAR. But do you order me? CHAER. I do: Order, command, force. PAR. Oh, I'll not dispute Your pow'r. So, follow me. CHAER. Heav'n speed the plow. [Changes: SCENE III. _Labeled SCENE IV in 1768 edition._ You know you've often told me; "Chaerea, ... And mark how I will serve you!" ... _Quotation marks supplied from 1768 edition_ _Harper_ CHAER. Oh most unhappily! for other ills May be told, Parmeno!--I could swear too _Colman 1768_ CHAER. Oh most unhappily! for lighter ills May pass for inconvenient, Parmeno. Nay, I could swear, with a safe conscience too He hobbled up to me.--"Holo! ho! Chaerea!"---- _All quotation marks in this speech supplied from 1768 edition_ _Harper_ CHAER. Soon as I Came hither, she was out of sight. PAR. Had she Any attendants? _Colman 1768_ CHAER. When I reach'd This place, the girl was vanish'd. PAR. Had your lady Any attendants? _Harper_ He and his gift together--I ne'er knew Till now that Thais was our neighbor. PAR. She Has not been long so. _Colman 1768_ He and his gift together--But till now I never knew this Thais was our neighbour. PAR. She came but lately. PAR. Yes, faith. _Harper edition has question mark_ _Harper_ His fellow-servant, see her, speak with her, Be with her in the same house all day long, And sometimes eat, and sometimes sleep by her. _Colman 1768_ His fellow-servant, see her all day long, Converse with her, dwell under the same roof, And sometimes eat, and sometimes sleep by her. _Harper_ Order, command, force. PAR. Oh, I'll not dispute Your pow'r. So, follow me. CHAER. Heav'n speed the plow. _Colman 1768_ Order, command, compel you; nor will e'er Deny, or disavow my putting-on. PAR. Come on then: follow me! CHAER. Heav'n grant success!] ACT THE THIRD. SCENE I. _Enter THRASO and GNATHO._ THRASO. And Thais then returns me many thanks? GNAT. Ten thousand. THRA. Say, is she delighted with it? GNAT. Not so much with the gift itself, as that By you 'twas given: but therein she triumphs. _Enter PARMENO behind._ PAR. I'm come to look about me, and observe A proper opportunity to bring My presents. But behold the Captain! THRA. 'Tis Something, I know not how, peculiar to me, That all I do 's agreeable. GNAT. In truth I have observ'd it. THRA. E'en the King always Held himself much obliged, whate'er I did: Not so to others. GNAT. Men of wit, like you, The glory, got by others' care and toil, Often transfer unto themselves. THRA. You've hit it. GNAT. The king then held you---- THRA. Certainly. GNAT. Most dear. THRA. Most near. He trusted his whole army to me, His counsels.---- GNAT. Wonderful!