How many inventions I’ve applied to her, how many stratagems in questioning her. With difficulty have I extorted it from her that she should tell me, because I promised to give her a cask of wine.

(Enter PHANOSTRATA, from her house.)PHANOSTRATA(to herself.) I seemed just now to be hearing the voice of my servant Lampadiscus before the house.LAMPADISCUS(stepping forward.) You are not deaf, mistress, you heard aright. PHANOSTRATA What are you doing here?LAMPADISCUS A thing for you to rejoice at.PHANOSTRATA What’s that?LAMPADISCUS(pointing to the house of SILENIUM.) A little while ago, I saw a woman coming out of that house there.PHANOSTRATA Her that took up my daughter?LAMPADISCUS You have the matter rgiht.PHANOSTRATA What after that?