SOS. (_turning round._) Well. PAR. You will again be shut out there. SOS. What, Parmeno, is it you? I’m undone! wretch that I am, what shall I do? Am I not to go see the wife of Pamphilus, when she is ill here next door? PAR. Not go see her! Don’t even send any person for the purpose of seeing {her}; for I’m of opinion that he who loves a person to whom he is an object of dislike, commits a double mistake: he himself takes a useless trouble, and causes annoyance to the other. Besides, your son went in to see how she is, as soon as he arrived. SOS. What is it you say? Has Pamphilus arrived? PAR. He has. SOS. I give thanks unto the Gods! Well, through that news my spirits are revived, and anxiety has departed from my heart. PAR. For this reason, then, I am especially unwilling you should go in there; for if Philumena’s malady at all abates, she will, I am sure, when they are by themselves, at once tell him all the circumstances; both what misunderstandings have arisen between you, {and} how the difference first began. But see, he’s coming out-- how sad {he looks}! SCENE IV. _Re-enter PAMPHILUS, from the house of PHIDIPPUS._ SOS. (_running up to him._) O my son! (_Embraces him._) PAM. My mother, blessings on you. SOS. I rejoice that you are returned safe. Is Philumena in a fair way? PAM. She is a little better. (_Weeping._) SOS. Would that the Gods may grant it so! Why, then, do you weep, or why so dejected? PAM. All’s well, mother. SOS. What meant that confusion? Tell me; was she suddenly taken ill? PAM. Such was the fact. SOS. What is her malady? PAM. A fever. SOS. An intermitting one?[39] PAM. So they say. Go in the house, please, mother; I’ll follow you immediately. SOS. Very well. (_Goes into her house._) PAM. Do you run and meet the servants, Parmeno, and help them with the baggage. PAR. Why, don’t they know the way themselves to come to our house? PAM. (_stamping._) Do you loiter? (_Exit PARMENO._ SCENE V. _PAMPHILUS, alone._