with most tremendous crash. At first we thought that your house was falling; all your house shone bright, as though it had been made of gold. AMPHITRYON Prithee, relieve me quickly from this, since you have kept me long enough in suspense. What happened then? BROMIA While these things were passing, meanwhile, not one of us heard your wife groaning or complaining; and thus, in fact, without pain was she delivered.